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Dis buchlin weiset die außlegung des schachzabel spils, Vnd menschlicher sitten, Auch von den ampten der edeln

Jacobus de Voragine

Das Schachbuch des Jacobus de Cessolis

Scriptores Ordinis praedicatorum recensiti, notisque historicis et criticis illustrati, opus quo singulorum vita, práeclareque gesta referuntur, chronologia insuper, seu tempus quo quisque floruit certo statuitur

Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474

A Page from The Game of Chess

Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474

Das Schachzabelbuch des Jacobus de Cessolis

Dat kaetspel ghemoralizeert

Begin. [fol. 2, Recto:] [T]O the Right Noble, Right Excellent  Vertuous Prince George Duc of Clarence ... William Caxton ... Sendes Vnto Yow Peas ... I Haue Put Me in Deuour to Translate a Lityll Book ... Out of Frensh ... In which I Fynde Thauctorites. Dictees. and Stories of Auncient Doctours ... Whiche Been Recounted  Applied ... After the Game and Playe of the Chesse ... End. [fol. 73, Recto:] Fynysshid the Last Day of Marche the Yer of Our Lord God. A. Thousand Foure Honderd and Lxxiiii