Miniature from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_X" class="extiw" title="w:Alfonso X">Alfonso X's</a> <i>Libro del axedrez dados et tablas</i> (<i>Book of chess, dices and tables</i>), c. 1283. Two men playing chess, one (?) Moorish, the other European. Alfonso X was the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. Book is kept at the St. Lorenze del Escorial, Madrid.
unknown artist from 1283 A.D.
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