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An assortment of medieval toys, including a knight, a rattle, and miniature figurines. Most medieval children’s toys have long vanished, and we know them only from paintings or written descriptions, but a few have survived.
(toy knight: Museum of London, UK/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY; rattle: Musée de Normandie–Ville de Caen; figurine: National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland/Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY)