Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 19r

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 8 -- Two men (Rooks), each wearing cap or fillet and holding rod (?) in right hand, are seated astride horses (Personification: Chessman).
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.