Sub specie ludi ... : text and images in Alfonso el Sabio's Libro de acedrex, dados e tablas

Author

Wollesen, Jens T.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 1990, Num. 3, Vol. 53, p. 277-308, 27 ill.

ISSN

0044-2992

Abstract (en)

Discusses an illuminated manuscript commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile and León which was completed in Seville in 1283 (Escorial, Real Biblioteca, MS j.T.6). The book, a collection of chess games, incorporates Alfonso's intellectual and astrological perspectives.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- Spain
• Manuscript illumination
• Spain
• 1200-1300
• Sevilla (ESP)
• MS Cod. T.I.6 (Libro de acedrex, dados e tablas)
• Manuscripts
• S. Lorenzo (monastery), Biblioteca||San Lorenzo de El Escorial (ESP)
• Alfonso X, king of Castile and León, 1221-1284
• Commissions
• Chess
• Iconography
• Astrology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Espagne
• Enluminure
• Espagne
• 1200-1300
• Sevilla (ESP)
• MS Cod. T.I.6 (Libro de acedrex, dados e tablas)
• Manuscrits
• S. Lorenzo (abbaye), Biblioteca||San Lorenzo de El Escorial (ESP)
• Alfonso X, roi de Castille et de León, 1221-1284
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Echecs
• Iconographie
• Astrologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418172

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