Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 45v

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 16 -- Man (pawn), holding coins in right hand, sits before low table with three dice. Before him is man (rook), wearing cap, holding rod in right hand, seated astride horse (Personification: Chessman).
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.