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Golf in Art through the Centuries is a portfolio of outstanding beauty in the field of medieval book art and painting. With its ten individual leaves reproducing illustrations from various sources, it constitutes a chronicle of the beginnings of the game of golf and its development from 1350 to 1753. By throwing some light on the golden age of games in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance in Europe, this collection offers a precious insight into the origin of golf, stating itself as a true milestone in the iconography of the pictorial representation of the game.

The ten leaves constituting the collection include:

  • Man Playing Soule à la Crosse, ca. 1350. Stained glass roundel (diameter 23.5 cm) in the Great East Window of Gloucester Cathedral, England
  • Men Playing a Match of Jeu de Paume (hand tennis), ca. 1450. Illuminated calendar page for August from a Book of Hours, School of Tours. Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain
  • Teams Playing Soule à la Crosse, ca. 1460. Illuminated manuscript calendar page for November from a Book of Hours known as the Duchesse de Bourgogne (Adélaide de Savoir). Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly, France
  • Competition in the long variant of Pallemail, ca. 1475. Illuminated manuscript calendar page for February from a Book of Hours, Loire region of France. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Two competing teams, each with three men, play Jeu de Paume (hand-tennis), ca. 1475. Illuminated manuscript calendar page from a Book of Hours, Loire region of France. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Anonymous Persian Master, Siáwusch playing a match of polo (Tshu-gan) on horseback against Afrásiab, 1510-1540. Illuminated manuscript on paper from a Book of Kings (Sháh-nama). Institute of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • S. ANDRE. SIVE ANDREAPOLIS Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana. Sixteenth-century Bird's Eye View manuscript town plan of St. Andrews, Scotland, attributed to John Geddy, ca. 1580. National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Hendrick Avercamp, Kolf on the lce of the River Ejsel near Kampen, ca. 1625
  • Adriaen Van de Velde, Golfers on the lce Near Haarlem, 1668. Oil on wooden panel. National Gallery, London, England
  • Willem Schellinks, Landskab med kavalerer, der spiller Pall-Mall (Landscape with cavaliers playing Pall-Mall), 1678. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Golf in Art through the Centuries (Collection)": Golf in der Kunst der Jahrhunderte facsimile edition, published by Pro Sport Verlag, 1999

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Golf in der Kunst der Jahrhunderte

Munich: Pro Sport Verlag, 1999

  • Commentary (German)
  • Limited Edition: 499 copies
  • Collection: a selection of documents associated by a common thread and collected by the publisher in a single edition.

The facsimile edition contains 10 individual facsimile leaves reproducing the following illustrations:

1. Man Playing Soule à la Crosse, ca. 1350. Stained glass roundel in the Great East Window of Gloucester Cathedral, England

2. Men Playing a Match of Jeu de Paume (hand tennis), ca. 1450. Illuminated calendar page for August from a Book of Hours, School of Tours. Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain

3. Teams Playing Soule à la Crosse, ca. 1460. Illuminated manuscript calendar page for November from a Book of Hours known as the Duchesse de Bourgogne (Adélaide de Savoir). Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly, France

4. Competition in the long variant of Pallemail, ca. 1475. Illuminated manuscript calendar page for February from a Book of Hours, Loire region of France. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

5. Two competing teams, each with three men, play Jeu de Paume (hand-tennis), ca. 1475. Illuminated manuscript calendar page from a Book of Hours, Loire region of France. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

6. Anonymous Persian Master, Siáwusch playing a match of polo (Tshu-gan) on horseback against Afrásiab, 1510-1540. Illuminated manuscript on paper from a Book of Kings (Sháh-nama). Institute of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia

7. S. ANDRE. SIVE ANDREAPOLIS Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana. Sixteenth-century Bird's Eye View manuscript town plan of St. Andrews, Scotland, attributed to John Geddy, ca. 1580. National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

8. Hendrick Avercamp, Kolf on the lce of the River Ejsel near Kampen, ca. 1625

9. Adriaen Van de Velde, Golfers on the lce Near Haarlem, 1668. Oil on wooden panel. National Gallery, London, England

10. Willem Schellinks, Landskab med kavalerer, der spiller Pall-Mall (Landscape with cavaliers playing Pall-Mall), 1678. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

Binding

Embossing on the front case: gold blocking from the cover of a book which James Stewart, Commendator of St Andrews, donated to the university in the early 16th century.

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