Jeu de crosse. C. 1600

One of the boys has suffered a bloody nose in a match of crosse. Injuries were all too frequent and sometimes fatal in the game of opposition played with the wooden crook (the crosse).

Folio from the Book of Hours known as Livre d'Ango. French from about 1600.

Bibliothèque National, Paris, France

Literature

 Golf through the ages by Michael Flannery, pages xii and 46. January 2004