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Konrad von Ammenhausen (born c. 1300) was a
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monk and priest at
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. He is primarily known for his ''Schachzabelbuch'', a
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verse translation of the ''Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilum ac popularium super ludo scacchorum'' by
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, completed in 1337. The work survives in more than 20 manuscripts and was frequently printed in the 16th century.


References

* Heinz Juergen Kliewer: ''Die mittelalterliche Schachallegorie und die deutschen Schachzabelbücher in der Nachfolge des Jacobus de Cessolis'', (Phil. F., Diss. v. 15. Dez. 1966), Heidelberg 1966 * ''Das Schachzabelbuch des Jacobus de Cessolis, O. P. in mittelhochdeutscher Prosaübersetzung'', Herausgegeben von Gerard F. Schmidt, (Texte des späten Mittelalters; Band 13), Berlin 1961 * Ferdinand Vetter: ''Das Schachzabelbuch Kunrats von Ammenhausen. Nebst den Schachbüchern des Jakob von Cessole und des Jakob Mennel'', (=Bibliothek älterer Schriftwerke der deutschen Schweiz und ihres Grenzgebietes; Serie 1, Ergänzungsband), Frauenfeld 1892 *''Konrad von Ammenhausen, Das Schachzabelbuch. Die Illustrationen der Stuttgarter Handschrift'', In Abbildungen herausgegeben und erläutert von Carmen Bosch-Schairer, (=Litterae; Band 65), Göppingen 1981


External links


Richard Forster: Das Schachzabelbuch des Konrad von Ammenhausen
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