(Attributed to). Ma’adnei Melech.
AUCTION 12 |
Tuesday, March 13th,
2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 98
(CHESS). IBN EZRA, ABARAHAM
(Attributed to). Ma’adnei Melech.
Frankfurt am Main: Johannes Kölner 1726
Est: $600 - $900
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The work in fact contains two works on the game of chess; an allegorical poem attributed to ibn Ezra and an anonymous prose work which is titled Ma’adanei Melech (“The Kings Delight”). The metrical and verbal skill of the poem suggest that ibn Ezra was the author, but the main difficulty in ascribing it to him, is the reference to the double-pawn move. For a detailed examination of both ibn Ezra’s poem and the anonymous prose work Ma’adanei Melech see V. Keats, Chess Amoung the Jews (London) unpublished.