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Author: Neil Stratford Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 70
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A great hoard of 12th-century chesspieces was discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in circumstances which have never been fully explained. Carved from walrus tusks, the Lewis chessmen have been described as the greatest chessmen of the European Middle Ages.
Author: Neil Stratford Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 70
Book Description
A great hoard of 12th-century chesspieces was discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in circumstances which have never been fully explained. Carved from walrus tusks, the Lewis chessmen have been described as the greatest chessmen of the European Middle Ages.
Author: Nancy Marie Brown Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1137279370 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 290
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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Author: Nancy Marie Brown Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1466879130 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 290
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“A fascinating tale of discovery and mystery.” —The Minneapolis Star Tribune In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. The Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Author: James Robinson Publisher: British Museum Publications Limited ISBN: 9780714150239 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
The Lewis chessmen were found hidden on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in the early nineteenth century. Probably made in Norway around AD 1150-1200, they consist of elaborately worked walrus ivory in the forms of seated kings and queens, mitred bishops, knights on their mounts, standing warders and pawns. This book takes a look at the many theories surrounding the ownership of the pieces, why they were hidden and how exactly they were discovered, and places them in the wider context of the ancient game of chess and secular culture of the Middle Ages.
Author: Michael Taylor Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 20
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The ivory carvings discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis form the largest and finest group of chessmen to have survived. All the pieces are carved in morse ivory, that is, the tusks of the walrus, and are brilliant examples of 12th century design.
Author: Irving Finkel Publisher: British Museum Publications Limited ISBN: 9780714105734 Category : Chessmen Languages : en Pages : 48
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The ivory chessmen were discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis, and 67 pieces now reside in the British Museum. This story tells the life and times of the chess pieces from their own viewpoint. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion.
Author: Emanuel Lasker Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486316815 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 403
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Great chess master shares his secrets, including basic methods of gaining advantages, exchange value of pieces, openings, combinations, position play, aesthetics, and other important maneuvers. More than 300 diagrams.
Author: Irving Finkel Publisher: Continental Enterprises Group ISBN: 9780714105925 Category : Games Languages : en Pages : 48
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From their discovery on a desolate beach in 1831, the ivory chessman from the Isle of Lewis have exercised a particular fascination. This text describes the turbulent lives of the chess pieces from their own point of view. A 60-minute reading of the book is included, with a chessman character.
Author: Neil Stratford
Author: Neil Stratford
Author: Guðmundur Garðar Þórarinsson
Author: Gudmundur G. Thorarinsson
Author: Nancy Marie Brown
Author: Nancy Marie Brown
Author: James Robinson
Author: Michael Taylor
Author: Irving Finkel
Author: Emanuel Lasker
Author: Irving Finkel