The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Bronze Knucklebone [ARK00033]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Bronze cast of a human knucklebone. Precise and true to life replica. "The knuckles of the legg bone of mutton, which we call a cockal, with which children used to play; such an one dugg out of the ruins, in brass, that showeth the Romans used them in games called Ludi talarii". Ludi talarii translates roughly as a kind of dice game. Talarii means of or pertaining to the ankles' and Ludi is the name given to the games festival which was held in Rome in September every year.]