Follis (ball)

[8][9] In an important testimony, Joan Lluís Vives (1493–1540) wrote a comparison between the jeu de paume (lit.

Visiting Livorno in 1677, Dutch travelling artist Cornelis de Bruijn wrote: The balloon game is very popular here during the Shrovetide season.

[11] The eventual arrival and discovery of rubber and synthetic polymers allowed an improvement in the performance of the balls used in many games and sports.

At the request of Alfonso d'Este, Antonio da Salò Scaino[6] (priest, theologian and writer) documented the ball game.

Its outer surface was coated with leather and, once covered, the bladder was filled with air under pressure, using a dedicated type of bellows to inflate it.