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Evidence for Ludus Rebellionis 1
2 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2072
Type Contemporary text
Location Italy
Date 1500-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. Each player plays as one King and one Queen with sixteen Pawns. The Kings begin in opposite corners at the top of the board, with the Queens to their left or right. The sixteen Pawns are on alternating spaces in the opposite four rows of the board, with the Pawn in the bottom corner corresponding to the color of the King in the top corner of that side.
Content Diagram from a from Malatastiana Library of Cesena of Ludus Rebellionis, with black King on a8 and Queen on b8; white King on h8 and Queen on g8, The sixteen Pawns are on alternating spaces in the opposite four rows of the board, with the Pawn in the bottom corner corresponding to the color of the King in the top corner of that side. Pratesi 1996: 9.
Confidence 100
Source Pratesi, F. 1996. Il manoscritto scacchistico di Cesena. Venice: Scacchi e Scienze Applicate.
Id DLP.Evidence.2074
Type Contemporary rule description
Location Italy
Date 1500-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. Each player plays as one King and one Queen with sixteen Pawns. The Kings begin in opposite corners at the top of the board, with the opposing Queens to their left or right. The sixteen Pawns are on alternating spaces in the opposite four rows of the board, with the Pawn in the bottom corner corresponding to the color of the King in the top corner of that side.
Content Diagram from Perugia Manuscipt L. 24 with the Kings beginning in opposite corners at the top of the board, with the opposing Queens to their left or right. The sixteen Pawns are on alternating spaces in the opposite four rows of the board, with the Pawn in the bottom corner corresponding to the color of the King in the top corner of that side. Murray 1951: 105-106.
Confidence 100
Source Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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