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Chronological (The) Star of the World. An Entertaining Game. 
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primo autore: Anonimo 
secondo autore: Non indicato 
anno: 1818 
luogo: Inghilterra-Londra 
periodo: XIX secolo (1°/4) 
percorso: Percorso di 109 caselle numerate 
materiale: carta (paper) (papier) 
dimensioni: 565X483 
stampa: Litografia (Lithographie colorié au pochoir) (engraving) 
luogo acquisto:  
data acquisto:  
dimensioni confezione:  
numero caselle: 109 
categoria: Religione, Diritto e Morale 
tipo di gioco: Gioco di percorso  
editore: Non indicato 
stampatore: Non indicato 
proprietario: Victoria&Albert Museum, London 
autore delle foto: L. Ciompi 
numero di catalogo: 2376 
descrizione: Gioco di percorso di 109 caselle numerate.
REGOLE: non riportate sul tavoliere.
CASELLE: mute.

REFERENZA 1
"The Chronological Star of the World. An Entertaining Game".(V&A Museum)
Physical description
Design: engraving, coloured by hand; 9 sections mounted on linen showing a circle with a star pattern of 8 large points alternating with 8 small points, with crescent and star shapes a ribbon pattern around outer edge.
No. of squares: 109, all illustrated and numbered
Squares titled: none
Subject of starting square: Garden of Eden
Subject of ending square: Abolition of Slavery
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: teetotum, markers and counter
Rules placement: none, probably within a booklet
Rewards: not known, however, there would be a kitty or pool with each player having a given number of counters for rewards; forward movement.
Forfeits: payment of counters and backward movement
Rules:
The game is played anti-clockwise with No. 1 at the bottom of the point which is in the central position at the bottom of the game. The first 24 are alternately the points and the ribbon illustrations around the outer edge. Nos. 25 to 56 combine the second illustration in the large points, the first illustration in the small points and the illustrations in the stars and crescents. These two designs are in the spaces between the points and form an alternating pattern of two crescents, two stars. The rest of the numbers are shown on the points and around the central illustration (109) which is dedicated to the Abolition of Slavery.
1. Garden of Eden
2. Noah's Ark and the Great Flood
3. David and Goliath
4. fountain or domed pillar, shrine
5. queen in a chariot or wagon with standard and soldier
6. Flight into Egypt
7. man in red with spear
8. scroll with the letters A to I
9. man in blue with woman in red
10. water with fireworks or possibly Moses in the bullrushes
11. sailing boat
12. man in red and blue with pole or lance
13. man standing in green with a man in the green part
14. two men fighting
15. burning bush
16. walled town
17. man playing a harp
18. gold coins
19. house being built, with scaffolding
20. knight on horse with tent in background
21. men building a house, one with a wheelbarrow
22. eclipse of the sun
23. teacher/orator/prophet in red and blue with scroll
24. eclipse of the sun
25. man in red and blue holding lute
26. king on a throne (in crescent)
27. sword and chalice
28. man on horseback, galloping (in crescent)
29. man on horseback in stockade behind (looks like a Hussar)
30. sheets of paper with one marked SOLON'S LAWS (in star)
31. man collapsed on chair
32. man being knighted, or a stage play of same with red curtains (in star)
33. sailing boat
34. astronomer, possibly Gallaleo
35. sheets of paper
36. three soldiers, appear to be Spanish but setting looks Middle Eastern
37. burning town
38. soldier fighting native, appears to be Roman
39. fighting in a building
40. woman on stage
41. colonaded building
42. town
43. man on chains and leg irons
44. burning town
45. destroyed buildings
46. king on a throne
47. man on horseback
48. bales of cloth
49. bell
50 coat of arms, with crown
51. Fleur d'Ilys
52. men in blue greeting soldiers from a ship
53. burning ships
54. tomb
55. man on galloping horse
56. knight on horseback
57. crown resting on a red shield
58. scroll with the numbers 1 to 0
59. man with shield and sword
60. men in battle scene
61. men marching in desert scene
62. cone in brown and white, may represent obelisk or even sugar
63. scales
64. windmill
65. blue flag with three gold crescents
66. star with multiple points (similar to the star on the Nuremburg House)
67. cannon, rifle, shot and gunpowder barrel
68. man in orange holding flag similar to that in 65.
69. playing cards
70. printing press
71. battle with horse and foot guards
72. battle of footguards before a building
73. letter/envelope in gold
74. battle footguards and horseman
75. ship sailing near land
76. book and quill
77. native leader/king
78. troops marching, appear to be Turks
79, ship sailing between two land points
80. ship's cannon mounted on wheels
81. raised flag, white with red X
82. man in blue landing from ship's tend with ship in the background
83. telescope
84. sheet of paper with AIR PUMPS INVENTED
85. farm scene with shooting star or meteor
86. flag, white with black double headed eagle
87. mounted soldier
88. flag, white with double headed eagle but of a different design to 86.
89. battle scene
90. parliament or court scene
91. shield or mirror shaped as a shield draped with red cloth
92. white draped cloth with INOCULATION
93. king seated beside table
94. battle scene, probably General Wolf
95. destroyed buildings
96. clock face
97. white sheet with red central seal
98. flags and scroll with AMERICA DECLARATION INDEPENDENCE
99. hot air balloon
100. battle scene, men storming a city gate
101. crown
102. king, seated at table holding audience with another man
103. dove of peace
104. men landing from ships
105. battle scene, possibly Duke of Wellington
106. horse drawn royal coach
107. sea battle
108. defeated army relics, flag, cannon and drum
109. woman under tree with ship flagged FREEDOM n the background with a scroll lettered TO THE GLORY BRITAIN SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED
Marks and inscriptions
J Marshall, Juvenile Library 140 Fleet Street ; published as the acts directs, Jany 1st, 1818
Dimensions: length: 22.25 in, width: 19 in
Object history note
The game should have a booklet which would provide the rules and a description of each square. These combine biblical and historical details with inventions and some scientific events.
John Marshall was at address from about 1805 to 1828. He was a great rival of Elizabeth Newbery.
See also the Infant's Cabinet of Fishes (Card Games)
Descriptive line
The Chronological Star of the World, J Marshall, English, 1818
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Collector's Guide to Chidren's Games & Puzzles, CG Goodfellow, Apple Press, 1991

REFERENZA 2
The Chronological Star of the World - Der Zeitstern der Welt
London, 1818
Radierung, handkoloriert, 56,51x48,26 cm
Verlag: John Marshall, London
Sammlung: Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Inv. -Nr.: B.1232-1993)
John Marshall (1756-1824) waere kein Freund von Harry Potter gewesen. Der ueberaus erfolgreiche Londoner Kinderbuchverleger und Herausgeber von Jugendmagazinen war ein Paedagoge mit klaren Prinzipien: Sein Verlagsprogramm, kuendigte Marshall in einem Katalog an, unterscheide sich von anderen dadurch, dass es frei sei vom "schaedlichen Nonsens der Maerchen, der Kobold-, Hexen- und Liebesgeschichten, die es im Ueberfluss gibt und die in den Gehirnen von jungen Menschen wenig sinnvolle Wirkung zeitigen". Der Aufklaerer (und gerissene Geschaeftemacher) setzte programmatisch auf Belehrung und auf die Macht des Wissens. 1818 publizierte Marshall The Chronological Star of the World. Das Spiel ist grafisch sehr anspruchsvoll gestaltet: Als Spielflaeche dient ein Stern mit 16 sich ueberlappenden Zacken, die jeweils vier bis sechs Felder enthalten. Weitere sichel- und kreisfoermige Felder finden sich zwischen den Zacken und am gewundenen Band, das die Spielflaeche umschliesst. Erzaehlt wird eine Weltgeschichte auf 109 Feldern, und zwar nicht als ein Sammelsuriurn von Geschichten, sondern als zielgerichteter Weg des Fortschritts, dessen Errungenschaften den Menschen Schritt fuer Schritt zur Vernunft bringen. Am Anfang (Feld 1) darf der Spieler einen Blick in den Garten Eden werfen, am Ende ist eine wehrhafte Goettin mit Union Jack am Schild und dem britischen Loewen hinter sich zu sehen. Sie weist dem Schiff Freiheit den Weg, in der Hand traegt sie ein Flugblatt mit der Aufschrift: "Zum Ruhme Britanniens Sklavenhandel abgeschafft". Auch wenn die Regeln des Spiels und die Beschreibungen verloren gegangen sind, lassen sich viele der Stationen auf dem Weg zur Freiheit bestimmen. Zunaechst dominieren biblische Themen wie die Sintflut (2). lm Laufe des Spiels werden aber auch Momente der technischen und zivilisatorischen Entwicklung der Menschheit hervorgehoben, wie die Erfindung der Schrift (8), das Muenzwesen (18), Entdeckungsfahrten (11, 33), die Etablierung von Gesetzen (30) oder die Einfuehrung der arabischen Zahlen (58). Praesentiert wird die Entwicklung der Astronomie (34), der Raederuhren (96), des Teleskops (83) oder des Heissluftballons. Ein besonderer Moment, der ein prominentes Feld beansprucht, ist die Deklaration der amerikanischen Unabhaengigkeitserklaerung im Jahr 1776 (98). Wie bei Hegel ist der Lauf der Geschichte im Spiel zwar eine Einheit, zugleich aber auch ein dialektischer Prozess, in dem Gegensaetze in Permanenz aufeinanderprallen. Die gloriosen Momente werden staendig von martialischen Szenen unterbrochen.
Spielregeln (Vorschlag)
In einem Zeitalter, in dem uns der Glaube an Fortschritt und die Teleologie der Historie ein wenig abhandengekommen sind und geschichtsphilosophische Skepsis das Bewusstsein der Menschen dominiert, liesse sich The Chronological Star of the World vielleicht am besten als Konversationsspiel spielen. Wer durch Wuerfelwurf ein Feld betritt, muss den positiven Beitrag zum Fortschritt, den das Bild zeigt, argumentieren, ein Gegenredner wird diesen Fortschritt in Abrede stellen und das Gegenteil behaupten, Danach wird ueber Rede und Gegenrede abgestimmt. lst der Fortschrittsoptimist glaubwuerdiger, so darf er die Punktezahl verdoppeln.
(Ernst Strouhal)


bibliografia: 1) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "Jeux de société. Le guide du collectionneur des jeux de société depuis le XVIIIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours", (Edizione francese) Carrousel MS, 2001.1)
2) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "A Collector's Guide to Games and Puzzles" Secaucus, New Jersey, Chartwell Books-London, Quintet Publishing Limited 1991.
3) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "The Development of the English Board Game, 1770-1850", in Board Games Studies 1, 1998.
4) SEVILLE Adrian: "The geographical Jeux de l'Oie of Europe." In "Belgeo" 2008 3-4 2008.
5) SEVILLE, Adrian: "The Game of Goose: and its influence on cartographical race games" Journal of the International Map Collectors' Society, Winter 2008 N°115 2008.
6) WHITEHOUSE, F.R.B: "Table Games of Georgian and Victorian Days", Peter Garnett 47, Welbeck Street, London 1951.
7) STROUHAL, Ernst: "Die Welt im Spiel. Atlas der spielbaren Landkarten”. Christian Brandstaetter Verlag. Universitat fur Angewandte Kunst, Wien. 2015

 
 
   
 
   
 
   

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