Alfonso II in the twelfth-century Libro de los Testamentos.

es: Libro de Amós

eo: Libro de Amos

es: Libro de Alma

ia: Libro de Alma

* c. 1283: The game of astronomical tables, from Libro de los juegos Alfonso X of Castile in Spain commissioned Libro de ajedrez, dados, y tablas ( Libro de los Juegos ( The Book of Games )) translated into Castilian from Arabic and added illustrations with the goal of perfecting the work.

Todas tablas from the Libro de los juegos

an: Libro de Chosué

es: Libro de Josué

gl: Libro de Xosué

es: Libro de Nehemías

eo: Libro de Neĥemja

es: Libro de Jeremías

eo: Libro de Jeremia

es: Libro de Isaías

eo: Libro de Jesaja

gl: Libro de Isaías

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, is an exemplary piece of Alfonso ’ s medieval literary legacy.

The game of ajedrex, or chess, is not the only game explicated in the Libro de Juegos, but it does occupy the primary position in the text and is given the most attention to detail.

As Alfonso elucidates in the opening section of the Libro de Juegos, the Libro de ajedrex ( Book of chess ) demonstrates the value of the intellect, the Libro de los dados ( Book of dice ) illustrates that chance has supremacy over pure intellect, and the Libro de las tablas ( Book of tables ) celebrates a conjoined use of both intellect and chance.

Alfonso also had Libro de ajedrez, dados, y tablas (" Libro de los Juegos " ( The Book of Games )) translated into Castilian from Arabic and added illustrations with the goal of perfecting the work.

In Venice, the mid-14th century manuscript Libro per cuoco offers ravioli of green herbs blanched and minced, mixed with beaten egg and fresh cheese, simmered in broth, a recipe that would be familiar today save for its medieval powdering of " sweet and strong spices ".

Soon, grimoires appeared that involved Catholic saints within them ; one such example that appeared during the 19th century which became relatively popular, particularly in Spain, was the Libro de San Cipriano, or The Book of St Ciprian, which falsely claimed to date from circa 1000.

But in addition to performing different tasks, various artisans could have labored at the same job, such as the work of illustration in the Libro de juegos, thereby revealing a variety hands or styles.

Andersen's tale is based on a story from the Libro de los ejemplos ( or El Conde Lucanor, 1335 ), a medieval Spanish collection of fifty-one cautionary tales with various sources such as Aesop and other classical writers and Persian folktales, by Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena ( 1282 – 1348 ).

He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, written in a style of verse which has been called Mester de Clerecía, shared with more secular productions such as the Libro de Alexandre, the Libro de Apolonio.

The arrival of the French sparked great enthusiasm among the islands ' inhabitants, and was marked by acts such as the burning of the Libro d ' Oro, the abolition of aristocratic privileges and the adoption of the French Constitution of 1795.

In addition to the most famous Libro d ' oro of Venice, such books had existed in many of the Italian states and cities before the unification of Italy.

The miniatures in the Libro de juegos vary between half-and full-page illustrations.

* 1283 – The Libro de los juegos, an early European treatise on board games ( including chess, dice, and a version of backgammon ), is commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile between 1251 and 1283.

* The Libro de los juegos, an early European treatise on board games ( including chess, dice, and a version of backgammon ), is commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile between 1251 and 1283.

The link between the 5th season and the original Rincón de Luz orphanage was El Libro de la Vida (" The Book of Life "), a scrapbook made by Belén and the kids in the fourth season where they told their story.

In addition to these books of astral magic, Alfonso ordered the translation of well-known Arabic astrological compendia, including the Libro de las cruzes and Libro conplido en los iudizios de las estrellas.

* Daniel V. Thompson, Jr. ( translator ), Cennino de Cennini, Il Libro Dell ' Arte, Dover, the most well known treatise on painting and other related techniques

Having multiple artisans working on the Libro de juegos would have been a typical practice for medieval chanceries and scriptoria, where the labor of producing a manuscript was divided amongst individuals of varying capacities, for example the positions of scribe, draftsman, and apprentice cutting pages.

In the miniatures of this style, the emphasis seems to be more on the posture of the player than the detail of their faces ; this crossed, lounging style is only found in the folios of the Libro de tablas, the third section of the Libro de juegos which explicates the game of backgammon, again perhaps indicative of the work of a particular artist.

* 1887: Zamenhof marries, and with his wife's help publishes Unua Libro, the book introducing modern Esperanto.

The Libro de juegos contains an extensive collection of writings on chess, with over 100 chess problems and variants.

As Arab contact with the West expanded, so too did the game and its various permutations, and by the twelfth century, chess was becoming an entertaining diversion among a growing population of Europeans, including some scholars, clergy, the aristocracy, and the merchant classes ; thus, by the thirteenth century, the iconography and symbolism associated with chess would have been accessible and familiar to Alfonso and his literate court culture, who may have had access to the private library, and manuscripts, of Alfonso, including the Libro de juegos.

The visual trope portrayed in the Libro de juegos miniatures is seen in other European transcriptions of the Arabic translations, most notably the German Carmina Burana Manuscript: two figures, one on either side of the board, with the board tilted up to reveal to the readers the moves made by the players.

Facsimile reprints of the Unua Libro in Russian, Polish, French, German, English and Swedish, with the earliest Esperanto dictionaries for those languages.

The caprices of Romaica, and the lavish extravagance of Abbad III in his efforts to please her, form the subject of many stories, like a brief tale on the queen Rumayqiyya appears on the book Libro de los ejemplos del Conde Lucanor y de Patronio ( Book of the examples of Count Lucanor and Patronio ), as the tale XXX, De lo que aconteció al rey Abenabed de Sevilla con su mujer, Ramaiquía ( Of What Happened to King Abenabed of Seville with his Wife, Ramaiquía ).

The inspiration for the " Amadis de Gaula " appears to be the blocked marriage of Infanta Constanza of Aragon with Henry of Castile in 1260 ( See Juan Manuel's Libro de las Armas of 1335 ), as blocked was also Oriana's marriage to Amadis.

From Southern Europe there is the 14th century Catalan manuscript Llibre de Sent Soví (" The Book of Saint Sophia ") and several Italian collections, notably the Venetian mid-14th century Libro per Cuoco, with its 135 recipes alphabetically arranged.

' Il Libro come luogo di ricerca ' exhibition with works by Gilbert and George and Victor Burgin.

A settlement at this location on the left bank of the Danube, in Wallachia, was mentioned with the name Drinago in a Spanish Libro de conoscimiento (" Book of knowledge ", circa 1350 ) and in several Catalan portolan charts ( Angelino de Dalorto, 1325 / 1330 and Angelino Dulcert, 1339 ).

His Secondo Libro, 1602, is the first example of madrigals published with continuo.

* Barbara Strozzi – I Libro a 2-5vv with bc, 1644

The first person to publish a collection of music for the vihuela was the Spanish composer Luis de Milán, with his volume titled Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro of 1536.

Also in 1917, Miró began his autobiographical-style works with Libro de Sigüenza ( Sigüenza's book ), in which Sigüenza is not only the heteronym or alter-ego of the author, but the author's own lyrical self, which gives unity to the scenes which comprise the book.

* 1283-Alfonso X compiles the Libro de los juegos, with an extensive collection of chess problems.