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Evidence in Italy
6 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2038
Type Contemporary rule description
Game Barail
Date 1275-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Backgammon board. Fifteen pieces per player. Three six-sided dice. Both players proceed in the same track, which goes from one left-hand point in the corner of the board in an anti-clockwise direction, ending at the point opposite it. One player has one piece on the tenth point and fourteen on the eleventh; the other has fifteen on the twelfth point. Players bear off from the end of the track.
Content Rules for Barail as reported in a late thirteenth-century manuscript (Ms National Library Florence, Banco Rari, 6 p. 2 no. 1) by Murray: "6.2.13. Italy. Barail...Three dice. Both players have E af, M amnz, B tz. C has one man on k and fourteen on l; D has fifteen on m." Murray 1951: 122.
Confidence 100
Source Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Id DLP.Evidence.2071
Type Contemporary rule description
Game Ludus Rebellionis (Asymmetric)
Date 1500-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. One player plays with a King and Queen, the other as eight Pawns. The King begins on the top right corner of the board, the queen on the space to the left to the top left corner of the board. The Pawns begin on alternating squares on the first two rows of the board, starting on the bottom left corner.
Content Diagram from a manuscript L. 27 of Ludus Rebellionis, with the King on h8, Queen on b8, and the pawns on alternating squares starting on a1. Murray 1951: 105.
Confidence 100
Source Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Id DLP.Evidence.2072
Type Contemporary text
Game Ludus Rebellionis 1
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
Game Ludus Rebellionis 1
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.
Id DLP.Evidence.2075
Type Contemporary rule description
Game Ludus Rebellionis 2
Date 1500-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. Each player plays as one King, one Queen, and sixteen Pawns. The Black King starts in the bottom right corner, and the Queen in the space to the right of the bottom left corner. The Pawns are on alternate spaces in the first four rows, starting with a Paqn in the bottom left corner. Red's pieces reflect this pattern, with Kings and Queens opposite each other.
Content Diagram from a from Malatastiana Library of Cesena of Ludus Rebellionis, with the Black King in the bottom right corner, and the Queenin the space to the right of the bottom left corner. The Pawns are on alternate spaces in the first four rows, starting with a Paqn in the bottom left corner. Red's pieces reflect this pattern, with Kings and Queens opposite each other. Pratesi 1996: 9.
Confidence 100
Source Pratesi, F. 1996. Il manoscritto scacchistico di Cesena. Venice: Scacchi e Scienze Applicate.
Id DLP.Evidence.2076
Type Contemporary rule description
Game Ludus Rebellionis 2
Date 1500-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. Each player plays as one King, one Queen, and sixteen Pawns. The Black King starts in the top right corner, and the Queen in the space to the right of the top left corner. The Pawns are on alternate spaces in the first four rows, starting with a Pawn in the bottom left corner. Red's pieces reflect this pattern, with Kings and Queens opposite each other.
Content Diagram from Perugia Manuscipt L. 24 with the black king and queen in the top row among red pawns, and the red king and queen on the bottom among black pawns. 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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