The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 204
of a military ehu-ractcr, like that of chess, and we sluill be led to recognise in these primitivecards the tarots which were for a lon^- time current in the wjuth of Kurojx;. In 1587, John I., King of Castile, issued an ordinance i)rohibitin<^ dice,naf/pcs, and chess. In the archives of the… … Fig. 154.—Chcss-Plajers. Fac-simile of a [Miniature of the Thirteenth Century. (M:5. 7,266, Bibl. Nat., Paris.) colours, ornamented with numerous devices, to lay before the lord the king(Charles YI.) for his amusement, 50 sols of Paris. This game, whichseemed at first intended only for the…
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