Book of Chess Problems

Unknownlate 14th century

Details

Title: Book of Chess Problems
Creator: Unknown
Date: late 14th century
Location Created: Northern France, France
Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 24.8 x 16.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
Medium: Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with parchment
Object Type: Manuscript
Number: Ms. Ludwig XV 15
Inscription: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed on paper flyleaf in old binding, "Treatise on chess with 210 drawings and various games. Description in French". Inscribed fol. 104v, nine lines of French cursive addressed in several places to "madame" and signed with a now illegible signature (see ultra-violet photograph in file).
Culture: French
Classification: Manuscripts

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