The Philosophers' Game

1. Introduction
2. From Cathedral School to University
3. Games of Philosophers and Astronomers
4. The Renaissance
France: Claude de Boissiére
Central Europe
England: Ralph Lever and William Fulke
Italy: Benedetto Varchi, Carlo Strozzi, Francesco Barozzi
5. Decline and Disappearance
The Most Noble, Ancient, and Learned Place (1563)
To the reader
The definition
Of diverse kinds of playing
Of the parts of this game
Of these parts in the first kind of playing
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The reason of these numbers and the knowledge of their proportion
Of multiplex
Of superparticular proportion
Superpartiens proportion
Of the kings
Of the placing, encamping or setting in array
Of the marching or removing of the men
The motion of the rounds
Of the triangles
Of the squares
Of the king's marching
Of the manner of taking
Of equality
Of taking by obsidian
Of taking by addition
Of taking by subtraction
Of taking by multiplication
Of taking by division
Of the taking of the kings
The law of prisoners
Of taking by proportion
Of the triumph
Of diverse kinds of triumphs
Of the great triumph
Of arithmetical proportion
A rule to find out arithmetical proportion between the first and the last
Of geometrical proportion
A rule to find the middle number in geometrical proportion
Of musical proportion
A rule to find the first, when you have the two last
To find the middle between the first and the last
Of the greater triumph
Of the greatest triumph
Of the second kind of playing at the Philosophers' Game
Of the table
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Of the marking of the men
The marking of the men
The setting in array
The marching or moving
The manner of taking
Of taking by obsidian
Of taking by equality
Of taking by addition
Of taking by subtraction
Of taking by multiplication
Of taking by division
Of taking by cossical signs
Of the kings, and their taking
The privilege of the king
Of the triumph
Here followeth the third kind of playing at the philosophers' game
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The inscription and fashion
Of the order of the battle
Of their motions
Of their taking
Of taking by encountering
Of taking by eruption
Of taking by deceit or lying wait
Of taking by obsidian
The privilege of the king
Of the triumph
Of the common victory
Victory of bodies
Victory of goods
Victory of quarrel
Victory of honor
Of victory of honor and quarrel
Victory of standards
Bibliography
PRIMARY SOURCES
Manuscripts
Printed Works
SECONDARY SOURCES
Index