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The Lewis Chessmen: New Perspectives
By
David H. Caldwell (editor) and
Mark A. Hall (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Natl Museums of Scotland
Publication date
May 8, 2015
Pages
338
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781905267859
ISBN-10
1905267851
Dimensions
1 by 8.25 by 10.25 in.
Weight
2.85 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$59.50
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The 93 Lewis chessmen, bought by the British Museum and by what is now the National Museum of Scotland in the mid nineteenth century, were made in twelfth-century Scandinavia, from ivory and whales' teeth. They continue to fascinate academics from various disciplines. In 2014 six of the British Museum's collection will be moved and displayed in a purpose-built museum in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, near where they were discovered almost two hundred years ago.
As David Caldwell says: 'The beauty of the Lewis chessmen and their significance in the development of the game of chess are factors which have overshadowed other matters relating to their origin and provenance.'
So the chapters in this scholarly book look, for example, at the landscape of Scotland's western seaboard, at medieval politics and kingship and at the ivory trade in the north Atlantic as the time the chessmen were made.
As David Caldwell says: 'The beauty of the Lewis chessmen and their significance in the development of the game of chess are factors which have overshadowed other matters relating to their origin and provenance.'
So the chapters in this scholarly book look, for example, at the landscape of Scotland's western seaboard, at medieval politics and kingship and at the ivory trade in the north Atlantic as the time the chessmen were made.
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Reprint edition from Natl Museums of Scotland (May 8, 2015)
9781905267859 | details & prices | 338 pages | 8.25 × 10.25 × 1.00 in. | 2.85 lbs | List price $59.50
About: The 93 Lewis chessmen, bought by the British Museum and by what is now the National Museum of Scotland in the mid nineteenth century, were made in twelfth-century Scandinavia, from ivory and whales' teeth.
About: The 93 Lewis chessmen, bought by the British Museum and by what is now the National Museum of Scotland in the mid nineteenth century, were made in twelfth-century Scandinavia, from ivory and whales' teeth.
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