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Author Brown, Nancy Marie.

Title Ivory Vikings : the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world and the woman who made them / Nancy Marie Brown.

Publication Info. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
©2015

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  736.62 BRO    Storage
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  736.6209 B81    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  736.62 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  736.6209 BROWN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  736.6209 BROWN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  736.62 BROWN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition
Description 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-271) and index.
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. 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.
Contents Introduction : The missing pieces -- The Rooks -- The Bishops -- The Queens -- The Kings -- The Knights -- Acknowledgments : The Pawns.
Subject Lewis chessmen.
Ivories, Romanesque -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Viking antiquities -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island.
Icelandic literature.
Sagas.
HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia.
ART / History / Medieval.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
ISBN 9781137279378 (hardback)
1137279370 (hardback)
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