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Das spanische Schachzabelbuch des Königs Alfons des Weisen vom Jahre 1283 : illustrierte Handschrift im Besitze der Königl. Bibliothek des Eskorial (j.T.6 fol.) : vollständige Nachbildung der Handschrift in 194 Lichtdrucktafeln = El tratado de ajedrez ordenado por mandado del rey D. Alonso el Sabio, en el año 1283 : codice de la Real biblioteca del Escorial (j.T. 6 fol.) : reprodución completa en 194 láminas fototípicas.

Title
Das spanische Schachzabelbuch des Königs Alfons des Weisen vom Jahre 1283 : illustrierte Handschrift im Besitze der Königl. Bibliothek des Eskorial (j.T.6 fol.) : vollständige Nachbildung der Handschrift in 194 Lichtdrucktafeln = El tratado de ajedrez ordenado por mandado del rey D. Alonso el Sabio, en el año 1283 : codice de la Real biblioteca del Escorial (j.T. 6 fol.) : reprodución completa en 194 láminas fototípicas.
Publication
Leipzig : Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann = : Casa editorial de Karl W. Hiersemann, 1913.

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Additional Authors
  • Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284
  • White, John G. (John Griswold), 1845-1928
  • Escorial. Real Biblioteca. Manuscript. T.I.6.
Description
2 portfolios (9 unnumbered pages, 194 sheets (CXCIV leaves of plates)) : illustrations, facsimiles; 49 cm
Summary
Black and white facsimile of the manuscript completed in 1283 in Seville, preserved in the library of the Escorial, Madrid, under the shelfmark T.I. 6 (formerly shelfmark j.T.6 fol.). It contains 194 pages of text illustrated with 150 miniatures.
Uniform Title
Libro de los juegos.
Alternative Title
  • Tratado de ajedrez ordenado por manadado del rey D. Alonso el Sabio, en el año 1283
  • Tratado de ajedrez del rey D. Alonso el Sabio
Subject
  • Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284 > Art
  • Escorial. Real Biblioteca. > Facsimiles
  • Chess > Early works to 1800
  • Chess problems > Early works to 1800
  • Chess variations > Early works to 1800
  • Board games > Early works to 1800
  • Astrology > Early works to 1800
  • Chess in art > Early works to 1800
  • Manuscripts, Medieval > Spain > Facsimiles
  • Dice games > Early works to 1800
  • Manuscripts, Spanish > Facsimiles
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Spain > Andalusia > Facsimiles
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish > Facsimiles
Note
  • Introduction signed: John G. White.
  • Half title: Das spanische Schachzabelbuch des Königs Alfons des Weisen vom Jahre 1283 = El tratado de ajedrez del rey D. Alonso el Sabio, del año 1283.
  • Also issued with introduction in English and Spanish, with title page reading: The Spanish treatise on chess-play / written by order of King Alfonso the Sage in the year 1283 : manuscript in the Royal Library of the Escorial (j.T.6 fol.) : complete reproduction in 194 phototypic plates = El tratado de ajedrez ordenado por mandado del rey D. Alonso el Sabio, en el año 1283 ...
  • Plates are numbered I (1 recto)-CXCIV (97 verso), reproducing recto and verso of the 97 extant leaves of the manuscript.
  • Half title, title page and introduction printed on 1 loose sheet and 2 bifolia in a single gathering, in portfolio 1 (v. 1). Plates are loose in the portfolios, plates I-XCIV in v. 1 and plates XCV-CXCIV in v. 2.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (in introduction).
Language (note)
  • Language of facsimile is Spanish. Introduction is in German and Spanish in parallel columns.
Call Number
MZED+++ (Spanische Schachzabelbuch des Königs Alfons...)
LCCN
29022767
OCLC
4384573
Title
Das spanische Schachzabelbuch des Königs Alfons des Weisen vom Jahre 1283 : illustrierte Handschrift im Besitze der Königl. Bibliothek des Eskorial (j.T.6 fol.) : vollständige Nachbildung der Handschrift in 194 Lichtdrucktafeln = El tratado de ajedrez ordenado por mandado del rey D. Alonso el Sabio, en el año 1283 : codice de la Real biblioteca del Escorial (j.T. 6 fol.) : reprodución completa en 194 láminas fototípicas.
Publisher
Leipzig : Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann = : Casa editorial de Karl W. Hiersemann, 1913.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
sheet
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (in introduction).
Language
Language of facsimile is Spanish. Introduction is in German and Spanish in parallel columns.
Local Note
NYPL copy: Prospectus (4 unnumbered pages) laid in v. 1.
Added Author
Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284, commissioning body, editor.
White, John G. (John Griswold), 1845-1928, writer of introduction.
Escorial. Real Biblioteca. Manuscript. T.I.6.
Research Call Number
MZED+++ (Spanische Schachzabelbuch des Königs Alfons...)
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