Leaf from Book of Hours: Hours of the Virgin, Monks Playing Blind-Man's Bluff

The hockey game on the facing page is surprisingly paired here with monks enjoying a game of blind-man's bluff, a form of tag. The seated monk's hood covers his eyes so that he only hears his teasing companions. Blindly, he must tag another player and make him "it."

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Unknown owner, Italy, ca. 1546 [1]. Acquired by Leo S. Olschki, Florence [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912 [3]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Effaced inscription, on fol. 1r, Rome; Italian entry beneath dated Nov. 1, 1546, reading, ""A.Q.D.C.R. Addi pmo novembr .M.D. xlvi in Ra""[2] On front pastedown, ""45"" and inventory number ""31457"".[3] Invoice number 45, see Walters archives.
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