Boschius’s Ars Symbolica, Chessboards and Pawns

Jakob Bosch aka Boschius, Symbolographia sive de arte symbolica, 1702, class 3, emblem CCCLXXIV 374.

Singula quaeque locum teneant sortita

Each one occupies the seat assigned to it.

“Correctly and appropriately organized. Gameboard/vase/basin/riverbed/basket or a Latrunculorum, or chess pieces, board.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 3, DCLXXXII 683.

    Ornate framed emblem showing a tilted chessboard on a raised table, with the Latin motto 'Unquam a recti defectit' above and the number CLXXV below. Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 2, CCLXXV 275.

    Nunquam a recto deflectit

    It never changes from the frontside.

    “Tenacious and champion of equality of arms. A rook on the chessboard always moves in a straight line. This game piece is called elephant by others. But the name of the tower is better suited to the people of Orvieto, to whom this symbol was adapted, since it is the sign of that nation.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 2, CCLXXV 275

      Ornate heraldic emblem with an open book displaying a chessboard, surrounded by decorative scrollwork; top banner reads a Latin motto – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 3, CDLXXXIV 484.bottom shows the Roman numeral CMLXXXIV.

      Lex una attendere regi

      One of the laws requires to serve the king.

      “Devoted to the king in all things and committed to pursuing his interests. Latrunculi gameboard/vase/basin/riverbed/basket: commonly known as chessboard.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 2, MLXXVI 1076.

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