Le Jeu des échecs moralisé, ca. 1370

An illuminated manuscript with a small image of people playing chess.
Le Jeu des échecs moralisé

French translation by Jean de Vignay of Jacobus de Cessolis's treatise on chess as a symbol of the Medieval society. Bound by Katherine Adams at Broadway, Worcestershire, 1907 for a previous owner, Sydney Cockerell. Prior to 1907, the manuscript was bound with Roman de la rose (Special Collections Research Center codex Ms1380).