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Book of Chess, Dice and Board Game, Alfonso X

Left page : Dice players in a Sevilian garden; right page : Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284), called the Wise, dictating to two scribes, with two other characters that might be chess players of his court compiling information about the game. First edition of the "Book of Chess, Dice and Board Games", 13th century manuscript kept in the Library of the Real Monastery in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, on natural parchment made of animal skin published by Scriptorium SL in Valencia, Spain. © Scriptorium / Manuel Cohen

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Left page : Dice players in a Sevilian garden; right page : Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284), called the Wise, dictating to two scribes, with two other characters that might be chess players of his court compiling information about the game. First edition of the "Book of Chess, Dice and Board Games", 13th century manuscript kept in the Library of the Real Monastery in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, on natural parchment made of animal skin published by Scriptorium SL in Valencia, Spain. © Scriptorium / Manuel Cohen