Golf book
This article is about a medieval manuscript. It is not to be confused with Rules of golf.
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September- Four men playing a game that resembles golf
The Book of Hours, Use of Rome (commonly referred to as the Golf Book) is the remnant of a Book of Hours illuminated manuscript dating from the 1540s and preserved the collection of the British Library, London. Created by the illuminator Simon Bening and his studio in Bruges, only 23 pages remain of the original. It owes its popular name to one illustration in the calendar, with people playing a game resembling that of golf.[1] It is presumed to have been made for a Swiss patron as the book includes a miniature painting of Boniface of Lausanne.[2]
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March- gardening and felling trees; and playing with rattles
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May- Boating party; and archery
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September- Ploughing, sowing and harrowing; and playing with marbles and stilts
External links
- British Library catalogue record for manuscript, item Add MS 24098
References
- ↑ "A Good Walk Spoiled". Medieval manuscripts blog. British Library. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "Add MS 24098". Digitised Manuscripts. British Library. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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