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===Alea evangelii=== ''[[Alea evangelii]]'', which means "game of the gospels",<ref>[[#Reference-idHelmfrid2025|Helmfrid 2025]], p. 9</ref> was described, with a drawing, in the 12th-century manuscript 122 of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], from [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] England.<ref>[[#Reference-idMurray1951|Murray 1951]], p. 61</ref> It was played on the intersections of a board of 18Γ18 cells. The manuscript describes the layout of the board as a religious [[allegory]], but it is clear that this was a game in the Tafl family.
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