The Lewis chessmen (Scottish Gaelic: Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais [fiɾʲˈhaːlɪʃkʲ loː.ɪʃ]) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found...

The game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard consist of ninety-three game pieces of the Lewis chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides...

rook) made of whale ivory of Scandinavian origin, similar to the famous Lewis chessmen. A 13th century Queen astride a horse with attendants, of Scandinavian...

but after the French Revolution only 16 pieces survived. Next to the Lewis chessmen, the set is thought to be the second-most important collection of medieval...

" In 2010 at a conference at the National Museum of Scotland on the Lewis Chessmen, Gudmundur Thorarinsson (a civil engineer and a former member of the...

on Lewis being referred to as from the Clan MacLeod of Lewis.[citation needed] Lewis is also the ancestral home of Clan Morrison. The Lewis chessmen is...

have made the 12th-century Lewis chessmen. In 2010 at a conference at the National Museum of Scotland on the Lewis chessmen, Gudmundur Thorarinsson (a...

following the Scandinavian style. Lewis became part of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, an offshoot of Norway. The Lewis chessmen, found on the island in 1831...

Canterbury. The appearance of the characters was influenced by that of the Lewis chessmen in the British Museum. The stories were based around the central character...

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Lewis chess club in Scotland attempted to arrange a game between Polgár and Nigel Short in which the famous Lewis chessmen would be used. The Lewis chessmen...

the rules of the Royal Game of Ur. He also owns a replica set of the Lewis chessmen which were used as props in the first Harry Potter film. Finkel founded...

back to the early part of the 14th century, while the 12th-century Lewis Chessmen portray the bishop as an unambiguously ecclesiastical figure. In the...

Queens, 4 Knights, 4 Elephants, 3 Chariots and a Foot Soldier. The Lewis chessmen, a collection of 79 assorted 12th-century chess pieces and other game...

century, organised berserker war-bands had disappeared. The Lewis Chessmen, found on the Isle of Lewis (Outer Hebrides, Scotland) but thought to be of Norse...

Beach (Scottish Gaelic: Camas Ùig) is best known as the site where the Lewis Chessmen (Scottish Gaelic: Tàileasg Ùig) were found. Before 1831, a local crofter...

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meaning "turret"). In the British Museum's collection of the medieval Lewis chess pieces, the rooks appear as stern warders, or wild-eyed berserker...

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and St. Magnus Church, on Egilsay retains its round tower. The iconic Lewis chessmen are the best-known treasure trove and numerous finds of grave goods...

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increased. The Norse also carved items in walrus ivory, notably the Lewis chessmen. Ivory trade Scrimshaw Williamson, 9, an archaic term for the animal...

in Western Europe. An early example of the bishop being used is the Lewis chessmen chess set of the 12th century. The elephant piece survives in xiangqi...

of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them, she argues that Margret the Adroit made the Lewis Chessmen. A Good Horse Has No...

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sets used by the aristocracy at least partially survive, such as the Lewis chessmen. Chess was often used as a basis of sermons on morality. An example...

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