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Bonus socius
France, ca. 1300
MS M. 108 fol. 33r

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Scene, Sports and Games: Chess -- Within gold frame, chessboard with thirteen red and gold pieces on squares lettered A-F for three moves; diagram numbered 65. To right of board, initial C decorated with scrolling foliate infilling terminating in dragon-like hybrid animal and with foliate ascender and descender. Left and lower margins decorated with foliate extensions terminating in hybrid animal (upper) and mask (lower), on lower bar leaps hybrid animal, with head of ape and body of horse, wearing belted tunic, with right hand drawn and with left hand holding bow, aiming arrow which pierces open mouth of dragon-like hybrid animal.



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