Transcription

• Relevant parts of *Familiar Dialogues* -- Transcribed by Justin based on Anton's earlier transcription and Godfrey's facsimile. (more)
• Modernized version of "Jeu de prime de Lyon" -- Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• Justin's transcription of Metromachy -- A faithful as I could make it transcription of the original Latin source. (more)
• Transcription of "Jeu de prime de Lyon" -- Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon -- A medieval Persian source, describing how Chess came to Persia and how "backgammon" (games within the Tables) was invented. (more)
• Caxton's "The Game and Playe of the Chesse" -- This is a lovely transcription of an important and not-easy-to-read book on Chess. (more)
• Transcription of Cotgrave's description of Picket -- Transcribed by Justin du Coeur. (more)
• Anton de Stoc's reconstruction of Trump -- This is a transcription of a brief fragment of a language text, and a reconstruction of Trump based on it. (more)
• A court case, described on ORB -- Involves a fixes quek board, which is a clever twist. (more)
• Transcription of Tick-Tack from Cotton -- Transcribed by Justin. Warning: this is pretty cryptic. (more)
• Il gioco di primiera -- a "motetto a 3 voci, due tenori e basso", composed by Carlo Grossi (1681). Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• The Royal Game of Ombre -- A 1665 source, transcribed by Imran (more)
• Transcription of Ombre, from Cotgrave 3rd ed -- Transcribed by Ruben, via the Wayback Machine. (more)
• Trump, transcribed by Antron de Stoc -- A section from Bellot's Familiar Dialogues (1586). Includes a quick reconstruction, as well as a Lochac variant. (more)
• Games in *The Academy of Armory* -- Transcription by Justin du Coeur and Jeff Singman of the relevant sections from this 1688 book on heraldry, which happens to talk a lot about a lot of stuff. (more)
• Transcription of William Fulke's book -- This is a complete transcription (without images yet) of a 1563 translation of Boissiere's 1554/56 description of Rhythmomachy. (more)
• Excerpt from Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English -- by John Minsheu (John Haviland, printer; London, 1623). Transcribed by Justin. (more)
• Some games listed in Minsheu's Spanish/English dictionary -- Notes from Greg Lindahl, transcribing a few relevant entries from this 1599 dictionary. (more)
• Transcription of Ombre, from Cotgrave 2nd ed. -- Transcribed by Ruben, via the Wayback Machine (more)
• Excerpts from Jessel's Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming -- This 1905 book attempted to enumerate all published works on games; this transcription by Justin is all pre-1700 entries. (more)
• Extracts from The Complete Gamester -- A few sections, via the Wayback Machine. (more)
• Game References found at EMEDD -- Transcribed by Ruben, these are game entries in various period or near-period English dictionaries. (more)
• Description at The History of Chess -- (more)
• Cardano on Tables Games -- A transcription and translation of the relevant sections from Cardano's Liber de Ludo Aleae. (more)
• A page on Austrian Tarock -- Collected by Hans-Joachim Alscher; in German, but mostly links, including lots of links to various period sources. Well worth going through for those links. (more)
• Regles du Jeu des Tarots -- Transcription by Thierry Depaulis of the earliest printed rules for Tarot. (French) (more)
• Excerpt from "Second Frutes" -- by John Florio (1591). Transcribed by Justin. (more)
• Transcription of Cotgrave's Gleek -- A transcription by Imran Ghory (more)
• Opusculos legales del Rey Don Alfonso el sabio -- Facsimile of an 1836 transcription of a period law book, which I gather included laws on gambling. (more)
• Vida's Scacchia Ludus -- A transcription of a 16th century Latin poem about a chess game between the gods. Also, a full translation on a separate page. (more)
• The Electronic Texts and Condordances of the Prose Works of Alfonso X, El Sabio -- A transcription of the complete Alfonso works (including the Book of Games), from the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies. (more)
• CAPITOLO SOPRA il gioco di Primiera -- by Giulio Mantoano (probably c.1560). Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• Transcription of Putt from Cotton -- Transcribed by Ruben, via the Wayback Machine. (more)
• Alternate reconstruction of Grande Acedrex -- A very detailed reconstruction that goes back to the Alfonso MS and looks at it carefully. (more)
• An excerpt from a mid-18th century book on Minchiate, with rules for Prime -- Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• Les jeux de Gargantua (1534) -- The relevant section, transcribed in the original French by Hans-Joachim Alscher. (more)
• Magnus' reconstruction and implementation of Metromachy -- Pulling together Justin's transcription and Steffan's translation, Magnus tied it all together, reconstructed the rules, and built an online implementation. (more)
• Transcription of Gleek from Cotgrave -- Transcribed by Imran, via the Wayback Machine. (more)
• Sonja Musser Golladay's Dissertation on the Alfonso MS (PDF) -- A PDF copy of the full, 1400-page tome about the Alfonso. This is the single most important source when working on this MS, including a full translation, lots of notes and reconstruction details, information about the culture and context, and so on. (more)
• Some game terms found in the *Diccionario de Autoridades* -- Transcribed by Ruben, this Spanish source is well out of period, but noted here for research purposes. (more)
• Commento al Capitolo della Primiera -- a long article on the subject of this poem by Francesco Berni from 1526. (In Italian.) PDF (more)
• Transcription of Gargantua (1542 ed) -- In the original French. Search for "CHAPITRE XXII" to get the relevant section. (more)
• Walker's *A Manifest Detection of Diceplay* -- Transcribed by Alexx Kay, this 16th century book is mainly about how to cheat at dice. (more)
• Another transcription of Picket from Cotgrave -- Transcribed by Ruben, based on Justin's transcription (more)
• Transcription of Picket from Cotton -- Transcribed by Justin. Apparently heavily plagiarized from Cotgrave. (more)
• Transcriptions of some bits of Cotgrave -- Transcribed by Ruben Krasnopolsky, archived by Justin, mostly pointing into the Wayback Machine. (more)