The Game of Chess Moralized

88 leavesoriginal: "feuillets"; in manuscript studies, this refers to the individual sheets of paper or parchment, each consisting of a front (recto) and a back (verso) side.
22 miniaturesoriginal: "miniatures"; these are the small, detailed illustrations painted by hand to decorate and illuminate the text., plus the initial coats of armsoriginal: "armes initiales"; heraldic symbols often placed at the start of a manuscript to indicate the noble family or patron who commissioned the work.

October 1878