Alea evangelii (game)
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Starting position: The King is marked with a blue X in the center.
Alea evangelii ("Game of the Evangelists") is a member of the tafl family of games. Known from an eleventh-century Irish manuscript[1][2][3] (where it is given a Christian scriptural context),[4] it is played on a 19 by 19 inches (48 × 48 cm) game board (larger than that of most tafl games). It was featured in the first episode of Games Britannia.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Helmfrid 2005, p.9.
- ^ Murray 1951, p.61.
- ^ "Alea evangelii ", boardgamegeek.com
- ^ "Game-Playing, Moral Purpose, and the Structure of "Pearl"", Michael Olmert, The Chaucer Review
[edit] Further reading
- Murray, H. J. R. (1951). A History of Board-Games Other than Chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198274017. LCCN 52-003975 OCLC 1350513
