Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 28v

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 11 -- Laborer (Pawn; Personification: Chessman), holding scissors in right hand and knife in left hand, with pen (?) tucked behind left ear, sits on bench beside bishop, wearing cap, seated on chair, gesturing with right hand.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.