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Table 1
Introduction
thru Chess Problem #15
Table 2
Chess Problems
#16 to #50
Table 3
Chess Problems
#51 to #89
Table 4
Appendix
Other Games

The chess-board and pieces being made, Folio 3 R.

A board being made, and pieces being turned on a simple hand-pumped bow lathe.

The Chess board and pieces being made (f. 3r)>
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Medieval/Arab chess (Shatranj) from <A HREF=A History of Traditional Games Home Page.
The same from the Chess Variants Pages
Another history of chess explaining the developement of the rules, from Babak's Home page
Some chess-problems of Arab/Medieval chess transcribed into todays notation can be found at the Chess Variant Pages