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Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
The manuscript of chess problems is the third major text in a volume of manuscripts copied by John Porter, of Worcester, England (fl. 1445-1485). For more information on John Porter and the manuscript volume as a whole, click on the link to the John Porter manuscript provided herewith. The contents of the volume are as follows: Tractatus de armis, a treatise on heraldry, in Latin, by Johannes de Bado Aureo (p. 1r-36v) -- The craft of venery, a treatise on hunting, in English (p. 37r-40r) -- Annotations by Sir William Dethick, in Latin and English (p. 41r) -- Blank (41v-43v) -- Miscellaneous items in several 15th century hands, including tables for assessing quantities of wine, menus, recipes, and historical and Biblical treatises (p. 44r-55v) -- Forty chess problems, in English and Latin (p. 56r-60v) -- A chronicle of English history from 1066 to 1477, in Latin (p. 61r-68r) -- Miscellaneous texts (p. 68r-70v) -- A treatise on the plague, in English, ascribed to John of Bordeaux (p.71r-72r).
Subject Terms:
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485. | British Library. Manuscript. Cotton Cleopatra B. IX. | British Library. Manuscript. Royal 13 A XVIII. | Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Ashmole 344. | Chess -- Early works to 1800. | Chess problems -- Early works to 1800. | Mellynton, Thomas -- Ownership. | Reston, Anthony -- Ownership. | Hodgett, Thomas -- Ownership. | Dethick, William, 1543–1612 -- Ownership. | Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552–1634 -- Ownership. | Percy, Thomas, 1729–1811 -- Ownership. | Baker, George, 1781–1851 -- Ownership. | Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 -- Ownership. | Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485 -- Ownership.