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Spanish Drawing Seen as Early Depiction of Ballplaying
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Drawing, FemalesDrawing, Females |
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| City/State/Country: | Spain |
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| Game | UnknownUnknown |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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A thirteenth century Spanish drawing appears to depict a female figure swinging at a ball with a bat. The book Spain: A History in Art by Bradley Smith (Doubleday, 1971) includes a plate that appears to show "several representations of baseball figures and some narrative." The work is dated to 1255, the period of King Alfonso.
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| Sources | The book Spain: A History in Art by Bradley Smith (Doubleday, 1971) includes a plate that appears to show "several representations of baseball figures and some narrative." The work is dated to 1255, the period of Spain's King Alfonso. Email from Ron Gabriel, July 10, 2007. Ron also has supplied a quality color photocopy of this plate, which was the subject of his presentation at the 1974 SABR convention. 2007 Annotation: can we specify the painting and its creator? Can we learn how baseball historians and others interpret this artwork? From Pam Bakker, email of 1/4/2022: "Cantigas de Santa Maria,"or "Canticles (songs) of Holy Mary" by Alfonso X of Castile El Sabio (1221-1284)
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Ron Gabriel also has supplied a quality color photocopy of this plate, which was the subject of his presentation at the 1974 SABR convention From Pam Bakker, email of 1/4/2022: "Cantigas de Santa Maria" (written in Galician-Portuguese) or "Canticles (songs) of Holy Mary" by Alfonso X of Castile El Sabio (1221-1284) is a collection of 420 poems with musical notation in chant-style, used by troubadours. It has fanciful extra biblical stories of miracles performed by Mary and hymns of veneration. She is often presented doing ordinary things, intended to elevate her while showing her engaged in life. It was very popular in the early Christian world. The book has illustrations, one of which appears to portray a woman swinging at a ball with a bat." Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Can we further specify the drawing and its creator? Can we learn how baseball historians and others interpret this artwork? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | Ron Gabriel, Pam Bakker |
| Submission Note | RG: Email of 7/10/2007. PB: Email of 1/4/2022 |
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1255.1 Spanish Drawing Seen as Early Depiction of Ballplaying"
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