Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 33v

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 12 -- Merchant (Pawn; Personification: Chessman), with purse at waist, holding balance scales in right hand, sits on bench with board on his lap beside king, crowned, seated on faldstool with animal ornament.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.