The Lewis Chessmen (Objects in Focus) by James Robinson

The Lewis Chessmen (Objects in Focus)

James Robinson

64 pages first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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These enchanting chess pieces consist of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales' teeth in the form of seated kings and queens, mitred bishops, knights on their mounts, standing warders and pawns in the shape of obelisks. They were found in the...

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