Chessays: The Origins of Chess

Alfonso X the Wise: Graphics (8)
The Law of Gambling Houses and Chess

- Carmen Romeo -


Image 1: Alfonso the Wise ordered the rules of the dice game



Image 2, figure on the left is probably Master Roldan


Image 3, F68R from the "Book of Dice", showing some of the amusements available in a gambling house


Image 4, F70V from the "Book of Dice", a fight breaks out over a game


Image 5, the Stakeholder - "tablegero" or "Pfander"


Image 6, F67R from the "Book of Dice".  Including clothes as collateral for a bet ("betting the shirt on one's back")


(Image 7, the Chess of Four Times - i.e Four Seasons)

 


(Image 8, F89V from the "Book of Dice", the game "The World", which appears to be a backgammon version of "Four Seasons Chess")