Lewis Chessmen

Klappentext This lively book considers the various fascinating stories which have evolved to explain the ownership, concealment and discovery of the pieces whilst also placing them in the wider context of the ancient game of chess and secular art of the middle Ages. Vorwort This lively book considers the various fascinating stories which have evolved to explain the ownership, concealment and discovery of the pieces whilst also placing them in the wider context of the ancient game of chess and secular art of the middle Ages. Zusammenfassung This lively book considers the various fascinating stories which have evolved to explain the ownership, concealment and discovery of the pieces whilst also placing them in the wider context of the ancient game of chess and secular art of the middle Ages.

Product details

• Authors: James Robinson
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2004
• EAN: 9780714150239
• ISBN: 978-0-7141-5023-9
• No. of pages: 64
• Weight: 170 g
• Series: Objects in Focus; OBJECTS IN FOCU; Objects in Focus; OBJECTS IN FOCU
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / Sculpture & Installation, Carvings: artworks, Carvings, masks, reliefs, Lewis; Chess; Chessmen; Scotland