The Prince of Antioch and the Count of Edessa Playing Chess from a manuscript preserved at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (Ms 828, fol. 160v), created in the 1200s–1300s (13th–14th century). The illumination depicts the two Crusader lords engaged in a game of chess, reflecting both leisure and strategic symbolism in medieval courtly culture.
GLIX-115-3DYK7GD
Magyarország
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GLIX Prime
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Carlo Bollo
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The Prince of Antioch and the Count of Edessa Playing Chess from a manuscript preserved at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (Ms 828, fol. 160v), created in the 1200s–1300s (13th–14th century). The illumination depicts the two Crusader lords engaged in a game of chess, reflecting both leisure and strategic symbolism in medieval courtly culture.