Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeu des échecs moralisé
France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360
MS G.52 fol. 4r

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Jacobus de Cessolis: Text, Jeu des Échecs, Chapter 4-- King, wearing crown, holding scepter in right hand and globe in left hand, sits on cushion on throne with Gothic pinnacles.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.