Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 27r

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 10 -- Knight, pointing with right hand, sits on bench. Before him stands smith (pawn), holding hammers in each hand and with utensil tucked in his belt (Personification: Chessman).
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.