Check out Atomic Chess, our featured variant for November, 2024.


[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ]
[ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ]
[ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]

Single Comment

Isle of Lewis Chess Men. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Wed, Jun 16, 2004 07:48 AM UTC:
Variation among the sets found at Lewis were only the tip of the iceberg as
regards far northern sets generally. Some had the King and Queen on
horseback (though still distinguished from the Knight by their crowns).
Towards the end of the Middle Ages the Queen was further distinguished by
being depicted side-saddle.
	Regarding the England/Scotland question the DISCOVERY site of the Lewis
men is in Scotland, but most of them are now KEPT in England (where the
British Museum is) although a few remain in Scotland.