Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 43v

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 15 -- Knight sits on bench gesturing. Beside him stands man (pawn), with purse at waist, holding two keys in right hand and pitcher in left hand (Personification: Chessman).
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.