Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 25v

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 9 -- Man, wearing cap, seated on bench, holds shoulders of man, kneeling on ground, being beaten by three men, including one with raised fist, one holding the kneeling man's hair and garment, and the third with raised rod.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.