The Game of Chess

once he had done this, the bridegroom of that same maiden made himself and his entire lineage subject to the Roman Empire; her whole lineage became subject to the king and also legally bound d.? original: "zunhaft," likely meaning they were formally incorporated into the state or bound by oath.
The form of the queen is to be a beautiful woman in gilded clothing, trimmed with Bohemian fur Bohemian fur: "behem" in the original, referring to ermine—white fur with black spots—which was a status symbol of royalty and high nobility. and the woman shall stand at the

A framed miniature painting depicts a queen. She wears a golden crown and a voluminous white gown decorated with gold stars and lined with ermine (Bohemian fur). She holds a golden fleur-de-lis scepter in her right hand. She stands before a golden chest or platform. The background consists of red and blue panels in a Gothic architectural style.

left hand
upon the
treasure chest original: "Schatzkastẽ." In the allegory of chess, the Queen is often associated with the treasury or the kingdom's resources.
for the reason
that the king
holds her
intimately with
his right hand.
For so it is
written in
the Book of Love Referring to the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs) 2:6, which was frequently interpreted in the Middle Ages as a dialogue between Christ and the Church, or a King and his Queen.:
"His left hand
is under my head,

and his right hand shall embrace me." The queen is placed at the king's left hand for this reason: so that she may possess by grace In medieval political theory, the King ruled by "nature" or "divine right," while the Queen shared in that power through her "graceful" union with him. what he possesses by nature. It is