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The Lewis Chessmen unmasked / David H. Caldwell, Mark A. Hall, Caroline M. Wilkinson.
- Title
- The Lewis Chessmen unmasked / David H. Caldwell, Mark A. Hall, Caroline M. Wilkinson.
- Author
- Caldwell, David H.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : National Museums Scotland (NMS), 2010.
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- Description
- 79 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This book was written to accompany a travelling exhibition about new research on the Lewis chessmen. National Museums Scotland and the British Museum partnered in creating the exhibition, The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked.
- Alternative Title
- Unmasked
- Lewis Chessmen
- Subject
- Chessmen > Lewis with Harris Island > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The hoard's discovery -- The contents of the hoard -- Why twelfth-century Scandinavian? -- How Lewis? -- Lewis and the kingdom of the Isles -- The Lewis Chessmen in Lewis -- Analysing the Chessmen -- From Trondheim -- Playing games -- The legacy.
- ISBN
- 9781905267460 (hbk.)
- 1905267460 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 640086230
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library