Editing Libro de los juegos (section)

==Description ==
The book consists of ninety-seven leaves of [[parchment]], many with color illustrations,<ref name="wollesen"/> and contains 150 [[Miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniatures]].<ref name="SMG"/> The text is a treatise that addresses the playing of three game types: a [[game of skill]], or [[chess]]; games of chance, or [[dice]]; and a third game type, [[Tables game|tables]], which combines elements of both skill and chance.  These games are discussed in the final section of the book at both an [[astronomical]] and [[astrological]] level. Examining further, the text can also be read as an [[allegorical]] initiation tale and as a [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] guide for leading a balanced, prudent, and virtuous life.<ref>Luis Vázquez de Parga, "Alfonso X el Sabio," in ''Libros del ajedrex, dados y tablas'', edited by Vicent García Editores, Valencia, and Ediciones Poniente (Madrid, Spain: Patrimonio Nacional, 1987): 13–28, 17.</ref> In addition to the didactic, although not overly moralistic, aspect of the text,<ref>Dwayne E. Carpenter, "Fickle Fortune: Gambling in Medieval Spain," in ''Studies in Philology'' 85, no. 3 (Summer, 1988): 267–278, 278.</ref> the manuscript's illustrations reveal a rich cultural, social, and religious complexity.