Bernat Fenollar
Bernat Fenollar | |
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Bernat Fenollar on the "Passeig de Batà de Muro" (summer 2017) | |
| Born | 1438 |
| Died | February 28, 1516 (aged 77–78) Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia |
| Other names | Mossèn (Bernat de) Fenollar |
| Occupations | cleric, math professor, poet and chess player |
Bernat Fenollar, also Mossèn (Bernat de) Fenollar (Penàguila, Valencian Community, 1438 – Valencia, 28 February 1516) was a poet, cleric and chess player from Valencia, Spain.[1] He was an abbot (the title "Mossèn" was often given to clergymen), had a position both in Valencia Cathedral and the University of Valencia as a professor of mathematics.[2]
Works
Scachs d'amor
He is one of the authors of Scachs d'amor or Chess of Love, a poem based on a chess game between Francesc de Castellví and Narcís Vinyoles,[3] while Bernat Fenollar comments and establishes the rules.[1][4] It is the first documented game played with the modern rules of chess, at least concerning the moves of the queen and bishop.[4]
Selected works
- Història de la passió de N.S. Jesu Christi en cobles, Valencia: 1493 (in Catalan)
- Lo procés de les olives, Valencia: 1497 (in Catalan)
- Les trobes en lahors de la Verge Maria, Valencia: 1974 (in English), ISBN 9788450065886
- The poem Scachs d'amor (1475), Murcia: 2015 (in English), ISBN 9781326374914
References
- ^ a b "Bernat Fenollar". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ Ricardo Calvo, Valencia Spain: The Cradle of European Chess, Presentation to the CCI (Chess Collectors International) May, 1998, Vienna, Austria.
- ^ Francesco di Castellvi vs Narciso Vinyoles, Valencia, Spain, 1475, Chessgames.com.
- ^ a b Sobrer, Josep Miquel. "The English translation of Scachs d'Amor". www.scachsdamor.org. Scachs d'Amor Org. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ au:Fenollar, Bernat, on WorldCat.
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