The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time (1830)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : Printed for William Reeves · leaf 382
3 H S ■ 1 H 4 ■ llllllllllllllllllilllllll!ll||||IUIIJll 101. Chess-board.—XIV. Centuky. In this representation is exhibited the manner of placing thepieces, which are thus called in Latin verse: Miles et Alpliinus, rex, roc, regina pedinus. The same MS. supplies a perfect singularity: … 102. CiRcuLAE Chess-board.—XIV Century. It will be observed that the pieces are also placed on theabove board. 312 SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK IV. VIIT.—CHESS-PIECES, AND THEIR FORM. The names of the chess pieces, as they are given in tlie fore-going manuscript, are these: Rey—^Reyne, or…
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