The Game of Chess (1463) - Page 2

Codex Palatinus Germanicus 463. Paper manuscript from the 15th Century (specifically the year 1463).

Leaves 1–2, 1–77, and 78–80.

These numbers refer to the folios, or individual leaves, of the manuscript. The asterisks typically denote flyleaves—extra pages at the beginning or end that were not part of the original text block.

This book is decorated with 12 painted illustrations.

original: "Ornatus est codex imaginibus 12 pictis."

Contains: Jacobus de Cessolis, The Game of Chess.

original: "Jacob von Cassalis, Schachzabelspiel." This is a famous medieval work by a Dominican friar that uses the different pieces and moves of chess as an allegory for the various social classes and their moral duties within a kingdom.

Likely a classification mark or shelf-indexing letter used by the library.