Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[remove]
5
Creator
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
2
Cotton, Charles, 1630–1687
1
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
1
Date
Date range begin
–
Date range end
Current results range from
1445
to
1680
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
5
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
5
Image Available
Unavailable
3
Available
2
Classification
Books
3
Archives & Manuscripts
2
Creator Gender
unknown
[remove]
5
Period
15th century
4
17th century
1
Work Type
woodcut
2
annal
1
coats of arm
1
commonplace book
1
diagram
1
doublures (binding)
1
engraving
1
Subject Terms
Chess -- Early works to 1800.
[remove]
5
Baker, George, 1781–1851 -- Ownership.
2
Cardinal virtues.
2
Chess problems -- Early works to 1800.
2
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552–1634 -- Ownership.
2
Dethick, William, 1543–1612 -- Ownership.
2
Hodgett, Thomas -- Ownership.
2
Incunabula in Yale Library.
2
Mellynton, Thomas -- Ownership.
2
Occupations.
2
Percy, Thomas, 1729–1811 -- Ownership.
2
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 -- Ownership.
2
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485.
2
Reston, Anthony -- Ownership.
2
Alchorne, Stanesby, d. 1800 -- Provenance.
1
Audley, George Edward Thicknesse Touchet, Baron, 1817–1872.
1
Bado Aureo, Johannes de. Tractatus de armis. Latin and French.
1
Billiards -- Early works to 1800.
1
Black Death -- England.
1
Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Ashmole 344.
1
more
Subject Terms
»
Subject Period
17th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
2
Worcester (England)
1
Associated People
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
2
Bado Aureo, Johannes de
1
Trevor, John, d. 1410
1
Twiti, William, d. 1328
1
Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Language
English
3
English, Middle (1100-1500)
2
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Creator Gender
unknown
Remove constraint Creator Gender: unknown
Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Remove constraint Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Subject Terms
Chess -- Early works to 1800.
Remove constraint Subject Terms: Chess -- Early works to 1800.
1
-
5
of
5
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Forty chess problems
circa 1450
2
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
John Porter manuscript
circa 1450
3
Cotton, Charles, 1630–1687
The compleat gamester: or, Instructions how to play at billiards, trucks, bowls, and chess
1680
4
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
The holy apostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle
[1483]
5
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
[T]o the right noble, right excellent prince George duc of Clarence ..
31 Mar. 1474