aelfgifu | A research contest started by me!

I remember someone at Kingdom A&S (

ornerie?) mentioning that there was a picture of a ball (possibly juggling ball) in the Museum of London books. The first person to email me a picture and a citataion with all relevant info gets one of my uber cool if modern glass pumpkins at twelfth night. My email is vandy@vandybennett.com. If you get me a pic second or third etc, but before I post that I recieved the info, you get some of my yummy candied ginger dipped in chocolate at twelfth night, or some other yummy if you don't like chocolate or ginger.

Additionally, anyone who gets me any other picture of extant medieval/renaissance/ancient juggling balls or balls/ball of a juggleable size with appropriate citations gets a cool prize.

And saving the best for last, anyone who gets me an image from a medieval or renaissance illuminated manuscript that shows someone juggling and has appropriate citataions gets a blown glass of their choice of style (assuming it is within my ability) once my glass shop is up and running.

This is sort of like paying research assistants but cheaper and more fun. ;-)

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I Am interested in the manuscript challenge. What are you meaning my appropriate citiations. MSS and location?

Just want to make sure I'm in the ball ; )(groan)

Yup, MSS, location, folio # if applicable, if there is a "common name" for the manuscript that is good too. I am interested in other silly people tricks also such as balancing, vaulting, tight rope walking while playing musical instruments (I have seen this pic but not where it is from and I am hoping it is period!!!), balancning stuff on one's chin, acrobatics, magic tricks, etc. Basically stupid people tricks and weird people tricks. People dressed up like fools an just hangin' out don't count - they are all over the place.

Well then do I have a JILLION images and citiations for you!

I have a book Lillin Randall's Images in the Margins of Gothis manuscripts - it has images of juggling swords and other items, balacing and spinning plates, balancing, acrobatics etc. I can send you all the citiations if you like but if you have access to a library - getting your hands on this book might be easist. There is just that much there! Not all the cool images are reproduced in the book but all images are fully cited.

I checked and there are tons of images of balancing stuff on the chin - boards, cups, trays, sticks with plates, swords, spears and and awaesome one with a man playing a triangle while balancing a stick with a light candle on either end!

If you don't have acces, I could scan the relevant pages and images and email them to you!

I can do that easy!

That would be cool - remember, this is to save me work - for that you get a cool glass. ;-) Copies at twelfth night or whenever will work too.

I just emailed you a taster and will bring all applicable pages to you at 12th night!

YAY!

I have a book with images of a girl dancing on her partner's shoulders, a guy on stilts, and a man dressed as a bishop and making a rabbit jump through a hoop. Do those count? :-)

The book is "A Day in a Medieval City" by Chiara Frugoni (p. 91), ISBN 0226266346. All three images are from the Luttrell Psalter, c. 14th century.

Yes they do, if you make me copies of the pics and give them to me.

Consider them yours. :-) I could also get them scanned and email them to you, if that would be better.

A research contest started by me!

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