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Jousting and Juggling

French (Artist)
ca. 1300-1325
parchment with ink, paint and gold
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)

The artist has populated the busy margins of this page with an array of entertaining figures. In the top margin, two bizarre creatures, half-man and half-beast, joust for our amusement. Jousting was an honorable and dangerous sport, but here the artist disregards these serious aspects in favor of a lighthearted parody. In the side margin, a juggler performs tricks, sending a golden plate high into the air and preparing to catch it again with his sticks.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2010 Checkmate! Medieval People at Play. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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Geographies

France, Arras (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 6 7/8 x W: 5 1/16 in. (17.5 x 12.8 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1894

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.104.5V

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French
1st quarter 14th century
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