Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 10r

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 5 -- Ylia, with looped braids and left hand on breast, sits beside Duelius, kneeling on one knee and gesturing to her with right hand. Scene inside building with turrets, dormers, pointed arches, and crenelated roofline.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.