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Source Description
Board games including chess, checkers, and backgammon became increasingly popular in Europe during the later Middle Ages. Chess had been brought back by crusading knights from the Near East. Small boards, such as this on the underside of a box in which the game counters or pieces were kept, may have been made for traveling. The box is decorated with scenes of dancing and hunting on the top and sides.
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Document identity
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9461
label
Box for Board Games
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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7
Source metadata
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9461
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for Board Games
description
Board games including chess, checkers, and backgammon became increasingly popular in Europe during the later Middle Ages. Chess had been brought back by crusading knights from the Near East. Small boards, such as this on the underside of a box in which the game counters or pieces were kept, may have been made for traveling. The box is decorated with scenes of dancing and hunting on the top and sides.
provenance
Leon Gruel, Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1440-1470 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Ivory & Bone
boxes (containers)
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7
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7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.3
height
15.4
depth
18.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 x W: 6 1/16 x D: 7 5/16 in. (6.3 x 15.4 x 18.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Medieval European
style
Gothic
med
bone, wood (beech), and iron fittings
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6211
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487
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