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| A man and boy meet a woman, f. 11r. |
Colloqiual name(s): Schachzabelbuch
Official name(s): Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Cod. poet. et phil. fol. 2
Date: 1467 (source - click on 'Bibliografische Info')
Origin: Hagenau, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany (source - click on 'Bibliografische Info')
Online facsimile available via: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Digitale Bibliothek (click on 'Seitenansicht' and use the drop-down menu on the left to select the folio)
This manuscript consists of a copy of Schachzabelbuch by Konrad von Ammenhausen, a Middle High German verse translation of Jacobus de Cessolis' Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilum ac popularium super ludo saccharum ('Book of the customs of men and the duties of nobles, or the Book of Chess') which was completed in 1337 (source). It includes numerous pen-and-ink drawings of the allegorical tales within.
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