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2021-12-08 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 59/n
Illustration from Jacobus de Cessolis' 'Schachzabelbuch'
Southern Germany
c. 1390-1400
Research Library of the University of Erfurt, Gotha; Cod. Chart. B 155, f. 69r
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #JacobusDeCessolis #Schachzabelbuch

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2021-10-13 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 35/n
- Willehalm and Arabel playing chess
- Common meal after chess game
Illustrations from the 'Weltchronik' by Heinrich von München
Bavaria, Germany
around 1400
Berlin State Library; Ms. germ. fol. 1416, f. 277r, 278v
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript

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2021-10-01 04:05:00

#ChessInVisualArts 30/n
King and queen playing chess
Illustration from the 'Schachzabelbuch' by Konrad von Ammenhausen
Germany
15th century
British Library, London; Add. 11616, f.5v
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #Schachzabelbuch #KonradVonAmmenhausen

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2021-09-13 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 22/n
Miniature of Ulysses playing chess in his tent during the Trojan War
in: L'Épître Othéa by Christine de Pisan
France, Central
c. 1410-1414
British Library, London; Harley 4431, f.133
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #Ulysses #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript

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2021-08-23 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 13/n
Codex Manesse
Written and illustrated between 1304 and 1340
Produced in Zürich, Switzerland
Folio 13r, Markgraf Otto von Brandenburg
Heidelberg University Library, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #CodesManesse #MiddleAges

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2021-08-09 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 7/n
Hans Muelich
Duke Albrecht V. of Bavaria and his consort Anna of Austria playing chess
Miniature
1552
in: Jewel Book of the Duchess Anna of Bavaria; Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #minature #IlluminatedManuscript #Muelich1552

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2021-08-02 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 4/n
Buzurgmihr masters the game of chess
Folio from the #Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Author: #Firdausi (ca. 940/41-1020)
Persian manuscript made in Iran or Iraq
ca. 1300-30
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #MiddleAges

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2021-07-26 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 1/n
Libro de los juegos (Book of games)
commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile
completed in Toledo in 1283
Library of the Monastery of El Escorial, Spain
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #LibroDeLosJuegos1283 #ChessHistory #MiddleAges