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Jeu des échecs moralisé

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Accession number: 
MS G.52
Title: 
Jeu des échecs moralisé
Created: 
Northern France, probably Paris, between 1350 and 1360.
Binding: 
French 15th-century brown calf blind-ruled in a geometrical pattern, with 3 of the original studs.
Credit: 
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description: 
56 leaves (2 columns, 38 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 308 x 228 mm
Provenance: 
Jehan Furet, Canon of Mâcon, fifteenth century (name is written on the back inside flyleaf); purchased in Oct. 1958 from Arthur Rau, Paris, for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes: 

Ms. written and illuminated in northern France, probably Paris, ca. 1350-1360.
The translation of Jean de Vigny.
Decoration: 1 large miniature, 28 small miniatures in grisaille.

Script: 
textura
Language: 
French
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
14th century
Genres: 
Illuminated manuscripts
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Grisaille
Allegories
Vellum (parchment)
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts