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Libro de los juegos
The ''Libro de los Juegos'', ("Book of games"), or ''Libro de acedrex, dados e tablas'', ("Book of chess, dice and tables", in Old Spanish) was commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile, Galicia and León and completed in his scriptorium in Toledo in 1283,〔Sonja Musser Golladay, ("Los Libros de Acedrex Dados E Tablas: Historical, Artistic and Metaphysical Dimensions of Alfonso X’s Book of Games" ) (PhD diss., University of Arizona, 2007), 31. Although Golladay is not the first to assert that 1283 is the finish date of the ''Libro de Juegos'', the ''a quo'' information compiled in her dissertation consolidates the range of research concerning the initiation and completion dates of the ''Libro de Juegos''.〕〔Wollesen, Jens T. "Sub specie ludi...: Text and Images in Alfonso El Sabio's Libro de Acedrex, Dados e Tablas", ''Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte'' 53:3, 1990. pp. 277–308.〕 is an exemplary piece of Alfonso’s medieval literary legacy.
The book consists of ninety-seven leaves of parchment, many with color illustrations,〔 and contains 150 miniatures.〔 The text is a treatise that addresses the playing of three games: a game of skill, or chess; a game of chance, or dice; and a third game, backgammon, which combines elements of both skill and chance. The book contains the earliest known description of these games. These games are discussed in the final section of the book at both an astronomical and astrological level. Examining further, the text can also be read as an allegorical initiation tale and as a metaphysical guide for leading a balanced, prudent, and virtuous life.〔Luis Vázquez de Parga, "Alfonso X el Sabio," in ''Libros del ajedrex, dados y tablas'', edited by Vicent García Editores, Valencia, and Ediciones Poniente (Madrid, Spain: Patrimonio Nacional, 1987): 13–28, 17.〕 In addition to the didactic, although not overly moralistic, aspect of the text,〔Dwayne E. Carpenter, "Fickle Fortune: Gambling in Medieval Spain," in ''Studies in Philology'' 85, no. 3 (Summer, 1988): 267–278, 278.〕 the manuscript’s illustrations reveal a rich cultural, social, and religious complexity.
It is one of the most important documents for researching the history of board games. The only known original is held in the library of the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial near Madrid in Spain. The book is bound in sheepskin and is 40 cm high and 28 cm wide (16 in × 11 in).〔 A 1334 copy is held in the library of the Spanish Royal Academy of History in Madrid.
==Background==
Alfonso was likely influenced by his contact with scholars in the Arab world.〔 Unlike many contemporary texts on the topic, he does not engage the games in the text with moralistic arguments; instead, he portrays them in an astrological context.〔 He conceives of gaming as a dichotomy between the intellect and chance. The book is divided into three parts reflecting this: the first on chess (a game purely of abstract strategy), the second on dice (with outcomes controlled strictly by chance), and the last on tables (combining elements of both).〔 The text may have been influenced by Frederick II's text on falconry.〔
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