MINIATURIST, Italian
(active 1450s in Ferrara)

Chess Games

1450s
Manuscript (Varia 128)
Biblioteca Nazionale Reale, Turin

This manuscript was made for the Este family library in Ferrara, it is dedicated to Borso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara. The preface, written in Italian, is followed by twenty-three illustrations, each devoted to the game. The picture shows the illustration on folio 11.