Ivory Vikings : the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world and the woman who made them /
Brown, Nancy Marie,
Ivory Vikings : the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world and the woman who made them / Nancy Marie Brown. - 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : The Missing Pieces -- The Rooks -- The Bishops -- The Queens -- The Kings -- The Knights -- Acknowledgments : The Pawns.
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. 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.
1137279370 (hardback) 9781137279378 (hardback)
2015002532
Lewis chessmen.
Icelandic literature.
Ivories, Romanesque--Scotland--Lewis with Harris Island.
Sagas.
Viking antiquities--Scotland--Lewis with Harris Island.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland)--Antiquities.
Ivory Vikings : the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world and the woman who made them / Nancy Marie Brown. - 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : The Missing Pieces -- The Rooks -- The Bishops -- The Queens -- The Kings -- The Knights -- Acknowledgments : The Pawns.
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. 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.
1137279370 (hardback) 9781137279378 (hardback)
2015002532
Lewis chessmen.
Icelandic literature.
Ivories, Romanesque--Scotland--Lewis with Harris Island.
Sagas.
Viking antiquities--Scotland--Lewis with Harris Island.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland)--Antiquities.