Chess Problem Featuring Moors of Spain

Item

Title

Chess Problem Featuring Moors of Spain

Description

This image is from a folio from the "Book of Games" from the Court of Alfonso X. The manuscript depicts people of various races and religions participating in chess games.

Creator

Commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile, created by unknown scribes.

Temporal Coverage

ca. Thirteenth century CE.

Spatial Coverage

Madrid, Spain.

Type

Image

Date Created

Unkown

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libro_de_los_juegos#/media/File:Games-moor-portrai-00209.jpg

Contributor

Cullen Rooney

Rights

CC BY-SA 4.0

Item sets

Site pages

Moors of Spain Playing Chess