c. 1170-1180:

Medieval Word Puzzles


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  • Category:
    Books
  • Era:
    1700s-0000
  • Source:
    British Library

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  • 1100s:
  • Medieval cat’s paw prints on manuscript
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  • 1338-1566:
  • Medieval Snowballs
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  • c. 1400:
  • Giant Snail Attacking a Knight
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  • 1566:
  • The Librarian
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  • c.1500:
  • Capturing Hearts
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  • c. 1412:
  • Mooning Grape Picker
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  • 1400s:
  • French Farmer with Bees, Elephant, Mushrooms, Stag and Tiny Aquatic Dragons
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  • c.1511-1514:
  • Henry VIII’s Horned Helmet
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  • 1780s:
  • George Washington’s false teeth
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  • 1671:
  • Surgical Appliances
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  • c.1740:
  • A Mantua Court Dress
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  • c.1601-1700:
  • Chinese Acupuncture Model
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  • c. 1450–1460:
  • Head of a Cleric
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  • c. 1590-1:
  • The Holy Roman Emperor painted as Vertumnus, Roman God of the seasons
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  • c. 2nd century BC–4th century AD:
  • Egyptian Twenty-sided Die
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  • 1785:
  • George Biggins’ Ascent in Lunardi’ Balloon
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  • c.1498:
  • Statue of “Henry VIII as a child”
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  • c. 1600:
  • Surgical Instruments
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  • 1520s:
  • Memento Mori
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  • 1610:
  • Anatomical Theatre, Leiden
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  • ca. 1353–1336 B.C.:
  • Fragment of the face of a Queen
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  • c. 1600s:
  • The Netherlands as a Lion
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  • 1400s:
  • The Infant Jesus in a Baby Walker
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  • 1300s:
  • Rabbit Justice
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  • 1489:
  • A demon firing a rifle
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  • 1323:
  • Salome “breakdancing”
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  • 1792:
  • Portrait of a Cross-Dresser
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  • 1500s:
  • Joris Hoefnagel’s “The Four Elements”
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  • 1360-65:
  • St John the Evangelist “smoking”
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  • 1300s:
  • “Baseball”
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  • c.1500–1525:
  • Rosary
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  • c.1510-1547:
  • Henry VIII’s Hawking Glove and Hood
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  • 17th Century:
  • Vanitas Bust
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  • 1600s:
  • Jewelled Skeletons
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  • 1000s-1300s:
  • Maps Before Maps