Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 44v

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 15 -- Servant, kneeling on one knee, with both hands places plate on draped table, behind which sit man and crowned king, both gesturing. Scene in interior of building with turrets, dormers, and crenelated roofline.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.