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Old Chess Artworks - Shahnamé - "The Book of Kings" - Rostam Slaying the Dragon - Alfonso X el Sabio - Manuscrit du XIIIe siècle Croisés jouant aux échecs - Roman du chevalier Cifar. Castille - Le roi Arthur affronte Bédoïer - Combat de Lancelot et de Ludinas - Enluminure de Manuscripts - Tristan de Léonois. XVe siècle - Francesco di Giorgio Martini "Joueurs d'échecs" - Vitrail - Partie d'échecs "courtoise" - L van Leyden

- Shahnamé, or Shahnama - "The Book of Kings" -
"The Book of Kings" or "The Epic of Kings", is an
enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet
Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic
of the Persian speaking world. The Shahnameh tells
the mythical and historical past of Iran from the
creation of the world up until the Islamic conquest
of Iran in the 7th century - Image: no copyright
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Wikipedia.org - Shahnamé, or Shahnama - "The Book of Kings")

- "Rostam Slaying the Dragon" - miniature by
Mahmood Farshchian - Image: no copyright
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Wikipedia.org - Shahnamé, or Shahnama - "The Book of Kings")

- "Detail from Buzurjmihr masters the Game of Chess" -
«When the ruler of Hind (India) sent the Shah of Iran
a squared off board and pieces and challenged him to
divine their use, wise Buzurjmihr not only re-invented
chess, but defeated the Indian envoy at his own game.»
Goddesschess Galleries - Persian Excerpts (from the
Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art) - Image: copyright ©
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Goddesschess Galleries - Persian Excerpts - "The Chess game")

- "Detail from Tahmuras Defeats the Divs" -
«folio 23, verso. Attributable to Sultan Muhammad»
Goddesschess Galleries - Persian Excerpts (from the
Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art) - Image: copyright ©
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Goddesschess Galleries - Persian Excerpts - "Tahmuras Defeats the Divs")

- "Detail from Mihrah Vents his Anger upon Sindukht" -
«folio 83 verso. Attributable to Quadimi and 'Abd ul-Vahhab»
Goddesschess Galleries - Persian Excerpts (from the
Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art) - Image: copyright ©
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Goddesschess Galleries - Persian Excerpts - "Mihrah Vents his Anger upon Sindukht")

- "Persian youth playing chess with two of his suitors" -
«Illustration to the "Haft Awrang" of Nur ad-Din Abd
ar-Rahman Jami, in the story» - Image: copyright © Wikimedia
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. commons.Wikimedia.org - "Persian youth playing chess with two of his suitors")

- "Alfonso X el Sabio (Toledo, 1221 — Sevilla, 1284)" -
«Alfonso X el Sabio (Toledo, 23 de noviembre de 1221
— Sevilla, 4 de abril de 1284), rey de León y de
Castilla (1252-1284).» - Image: copyright © Wikipedia
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. es.Wikipedia.org - "Alfonso X el Sabio (Toledo, 1221 — Sevilla, 1284)")

- "Alfonso X el Sabio (Toledo, 1221 — Sevilla, 1284)" -
«Un chrétien et un musulman jouant aux échecs
dans une tente (1283)» - Image: copyright © JMRW.com
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW.com - Alfonso X el Sabio - "Partie d'échecs, 1283")

- "Manuscrit du XIIIe siècle" -
«Abbaye bénédictine de Beuron en Bavière»
- Image: copyright © JMRW.com - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW.com - Abbaye de Beuron - "Manuscrit du XIIIe siècle")

- "Recueil de parties et problèmes d'échecs" -
«Nicholes de S. Nicholaï de Lombardie, Le Gieu des
eskies.Manuscrit copié et peint à Paris, début du
XIVe siècle. Parchemin (206 feuillets). Paris,
BNF, Manuscrits» - Image: copyright © BNF, Paris
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit - "Recueil de parties et problèmes d'échecs")

- "Markgraf Otto IV. von Brandenburg in der
Darstellung im Codex Manesse (um 1300) " -
«Otto IV., "mit dem Pfeil", (* um 1238; †
1309) aus dem Haus der Askanier war Markgraf
von Brandenburg von 1266 bis 1309» © Wikipedia
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. de.wikipedia.org - "Markgraf Otto IV. von Brandenburg")

- "La Dame de Verzù jouant aux échecs" -
«La Dame de Verzù jouant aux échecs avec
le chevalier de Bourgogne» - Maître anonyme du
XIVe siècle - Image: copyright © JMRW.com - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW.com - Abbaye de Beuron - "Manuscrit du XIIIe siècle")

- "Croisés jouant aux échecs" -
«Chanson des croisés de la première
croisade. XIIIe siècle» BNF, Manuscrits
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit XIVe siècle - "Croisés refusant de combattre")

- "Croisés refusant de combattre" -
«Guillaume de Tyr, Histoire de la guerre sainte.
Nord de la France, XIVe siècle» BNF, Manuscrits
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit XIVe siècle - "Croisés refusant de combattre")

- "Le chevalier Cifar observe le
camp ennemi jouer aux échecs " -
«Roman du chevalier Cifar. Castille,
XIVe siècle. Miniature de Juan de Carrion»
BNF, Manuscrits - Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit XIVe siècle - "Croisés refusant de combattre")

- "Le roi Arthur affronte Bédoïer aux échecs" -
«Rusticien de Pise, Guiron le Courtois. Manuscrit
copié et peint à Milan, vers 1370-1380. Parchemin»
BNF, Manuscrits - Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit XIVe siècle - "Le roi Arthur affronte Bédoïer aux échecs")

- "Les échecs moralisés " -
«Jacques de Cessoles, Le Livre des échecs
moralisés. Copie du XIVe siècle. BNF, Manuscrits»
BNF, Manuscrits - Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit XIVe siècle - "Les échecs moralisés de Jacques de Cessoles")

- "Les échecs moralisés " -
«Jacques de Cessoles, Le Livre des échecs
moralisés. Copie du XIVe siècle. BNF, Manuscrits»
BNF, Manuscrits - Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Manuscrit XIVe siècle - "Les échecs moralisés de Jacques de Cessoles")

- "Partie d'échecs" -
«Boccace, Decaméron, 1432»
BNF, Arsenal - Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France)
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - Boccace, Decaméron, 1432 - "Partie d'échecs")

- "Combat de Lancelot et de Ludinas" -
«Lancelot est un personnage du cycle des romans
de la Table Ronde et le héros éponyme du roman de
chevalerie "Lancelot du Lac", écrit au XIIIe siècle
en langue romane par un auteur anonyme. Cependant,
il est surtout connu pour le roman courtois de
Chrétien de Troyes "le Chevalier de la charrette",
composé entre 1177 et 1181 à la demande de la comtesse
Marie de Champagne, fille d'Aliénor d'Aquitaine»
- Image: no copyright © Public domain - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. fr.wikipedia.org/ - "Combat de Lancelot et de Ludinas")

- "Enluminure de Manuscript" -
fin XIIIe - «Lancelot du lac fait porter
un échiquier magique à la Reine Guenièvre» -
- Image: copyright © JMRW.com - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW.com - Lancelot du lac - "Enluminure de Manuscript")

- "Famille royale jouant aux échecs" -
«Dirk van Delft - Tafel er Kerstenre Ghelove
(1400 - 1410)» - Image: copyright © JMRW.com -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. JMRW.com - "Famille royale jouant aux échecs")

- "Tapestry with the Annunciation, ca. 1410–1430" -
«South Netherlandish - Gift of Harriet Barnes Pratt,
in memory of her husband, Harold Irving Pratt (1877–1939),
1949 (45.76)» - Copyright © 2000–2007 The Metropolitan
Museum of Art. All rights reserved - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art - "Tapestry with the Annunciation")

- "Großer Liebesgarten mit Schachspielern L. 214 Berlin,
Kupferstichkabinett" - (1460-1467) - By Meister E. S.
Image: no Copyright © Wikimedia.org - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Wikimedia.org - "Großer Liebesgarten mit
Schachspielern L. 214 Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett")

- "Tristan et Yseut buvant le philtre d'amour" -
«Tristan de Léonois. XVe siècle. (Messire Lancelot du
Lac, de Gaultier de Moap, 1470) BNF, Manuscrits»
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France) - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - "Tristan et Yseut buvant le philtre d'amour")

- "Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501)" -
«Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501) is
an Italian painter and architect during the
Renaissance era.» - Copyright © 2000–2007 The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art - "Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501)")

- "Joueurs d'échecs" - Vitrail provenant de
l'hôtel de la Bessée, 1430-1440 - Cl. 23422 -
«Le jeu d'échecs, comme métaphore du rituel
amoureux, imprègne la culture de la fin du
Moyen Âge, en littérature comme dans les arts
figurés. L'un des plus séduisants témoignages
de cet engouement nous est offert par ce
vitrail du XVe siècle. Comptant parmi les plus
anciens» - Copyright © Musée National du Moyen-
Âge - Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny, Paris (France)
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Musée National du Moyen - Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny:
"Joueurs d'échecs" - Vitrail de l'hôtel de la Bessée, 1430-1440 )

- "Cassiel et Phésona jouant aux échecs" -
«Jean Wauquelin, Histoire d'Alexandre
le Grand. XVe siècle. BNF, Manuscrits »
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France) - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - "Cassiel et Phésona jouant aux échecs")

- "Boîte à jeux (France ?), fin du XVe siècle" -
«Ebène et noyer teinté - Cette boîte à jeux est
formée de deux parties, portant chacune un jeu
sur chaque face. Deux plateaux coulissants
permettent de jouer à six jeux différents. Des
jeux qui sont encore bien connus aujourd'hui :
échecs, morpion, trictrac, tourniquet ... »
- Copyright © Musée National du Moyen-Âge
- Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny, Paris (France)
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Musée National du Moyen-Âge - Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny
- "Boîte à jeux (France ?), fin du XVe siècle")

- "Partie d'échecs dégénérant en assassinat" -
«Renaut de Montauban - Manuscrit copié et peint
à Bruges, vers 1462-1470 - Source : BNF, Arsenal»
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France) - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. MJRW - Tableaux ayant pour sujet les échecs -
"Partie d'échecs dégénérant en assassinat")

- "Partie d'échecs "courtoise" " -
«Les Échecs amoureux. Manuscrit copié et peint
pour Louise de Savoie, vers 1500-1505. Parchemin
(416 feuillets, 51,5 X 34,5 cm). . BNF, Manuscrits »
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France) - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. BNF, Paris - "Partie d'échecs "courtoise"")

- "Libro di Givocho di Scacchi" - «Illustrazione
per la copertina del libro di Jacopo de Cessolis,
Firenze 1493» - Image: copyright © xoomer.alice.it
- Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Arte figurativa a tema scacchistico -
Jacopo de Cessolis - "Libro di Givocho di Scacchi" (1550))

- "Chess Match" (1509) - by Lucas van Leyden
«Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) - Oil painting»
- Image: copyright © BNF, Paris (France) - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Art Print on demand - "Chess Match" (1509)" - by Lucas van Leyden)

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