Book of Hours, Unknown. 1320-1330

English

At the top of the right margin is a man's head, his neck protruding from a small cache of balls. Below him is the torso of a crosse player holding a crook, with a black ball (the 'bille' or 'boule') centred in the curved head. A red-clad figure below him, hands open, waits to field the ball.

Illuminated Manuscript Psalter, Ghent, 1320-1330.

Bodleian Library (Ms. Douce 6 [bound with Ms. Douce 5 in a two part volume], folio 148 recto), University of Oxford, England

Literature

• Golf throuch the ages by Michael Flannery, page 100. January 2004

• Jan N, Lanting, Combineren en deduceren, hoofdstuk De familierelaties van de 'hockeystick' van Nieuw-Dordrecht. 2018. ISBN 9789492444783