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

Description 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."

Exhibitions

• Checkmate! Medieval People at Play. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2010.
• A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 2016-2017.

Provenance 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.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912