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1145.—Playing at Draughts (Harleian MS. 4431) details

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knights, games, christmas, greyscale

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Image title: 1145.—Playing at Draughts (Harleian MS. 4431)
Source: Knight, Charles: “Old England: A Pictorial Museum” (1845)
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Keywords: knights, games, christmas, greyscale
Status: out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested

Notes:

Two men in mediƦval clothing [US: medieval] sit with a draughts [US: drafts or checkers] board balance between their knees. Two other men, one a knight in armour, the other perhaps a page boy, watch on.

Harleian MS. 4431 is Christine de Pizan’s collected works.

“Draughts (Fig. 1145) and chess were amusements of the higher ranks. The circular board (Fig. 1148) is peculiar; the chess-men differed somewhat in form and name from the ordinary chess-men.” (p. 334)

Dimensions: 63 x 65mm (2.5 x 2.6 inches)
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