Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 12r

See more information »

Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 6 -- Bishop (Personification: Chessman), wearing cap, seated on chair, extends book (?) held in right hand to one of four men standing at right.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.