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This article is about a medieval manuscript. Not to be confused with Rules of golf.
September- Four men playing a game that resembles golf

The Golf Book (British Library Additional Manuscript 24098) is the common name for an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours in the Use of Rome dating from the 1540s. Only 23 pages remain of the original created by the illuminator Simon Bening and his studio in Bruges. 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 St Boniface of Lausanne.[2]

  • March- gardening and felling trees; and playing with rattles
    March- gardening and felling trees; and playing with rattles
  • May- Boating party; and archery
    May- Boating party; and archery
  • September- Ploughing, sowing and harrowing; and playing with marbles and stilts
    September- Ploughing, sowing and harrowing; and playing with marbles and stilts

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Good Walk Spoiled". Medieval manuscripts blog. British Library. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Add MS 24098". Digitised Manuscripts. British Library. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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