Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 17r

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 7 -- King, wearing crown, holding raised sword in right hand, sits on cushion on canopied throne. Beside him stand three men, including one holding scepter (?). Before the king kneels man on one knee, gesturing, with another man, also gesturing, standing behind him.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.