Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 40r

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 14 -- Bishop, wearing cap, seated on cushion on chair, with right hand indicates right hand of man (pawn), wearing key at waist, holding bowl (?) in left hand, with right arm extended (Personification: Chessman).
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.