Book of Hours. 1516-1547

A girl drives a teed ball with a one-piece wooden club which has a tapered shaft terminating in a large slightly offset head. This is the earliest illustration of a woman playing a colf-like game.

Book of Hours in Latin and French known as Les Heures de Abbot Guillaume de Bracque for whom it was written and illuminated between 1516 and 1547 (folio 48 recto). Use of Amiens (adapted from the Use of the Abbey of Saint Jean Baptiste of Valenciennes) Valenciennes, France. The book, illuminated on vellum, belonged to Guillaume de Bracque whose arms appear on the brass clasps.

Illuminated manuscript on vellum. 176 x 140 mm, 12 miniatures, 107 folios

Bron: Do Smit, Sam Fogg, London

Literature

• Golf through the ages by Michael Flannery, page xix. January 2004

• Geert & Sara Nijs, Games for Kings & Commoners, Part Three, p. 93. ISBN 978-29540069-3-2. 2015