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Brown, Nancy Marie.
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Lewis chessmen.
Ivories, Romanesque -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Viking antiquities -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Icelandic literature.
Sagas.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
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Brown, Nancy Marie.
Lewis chessmen.
Ivories, Romanesque -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Viking antiquities -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Icelandic literature.
Sagas.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
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Ivory
Vikings
: the
mystery
of the
most
famous
chessmen
in the
world
and the
woman
who
made
them
/ Nancy Marie Brown.
by
Brown, Nancy Marie.
St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Call #:
736.6209 B879i
Subjects
Lewis
chessmen
.
Ivories, Romanesque -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Viking antiquities -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Icelandic literature.
Sagas.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
ISBN:
9781137279378 (hc.)
1137279370 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The missing pieces -- The Rooks -- The Bishops -- The Queens -- The Kings -- The Knights -- Acknowledgments : The Pawns.
Summary:
In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93
chessmen
carved from walrus
ivory
and whale teeth between around 1150 and 1200. Each face is individual, each full of quirks. The Lewis
Chessmen
are the best-known Scottish archaeological treasure.
Who
carved
them
? Where? Brown explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games.
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