medievaliz:presentpasts:The Lewis Chessmen at the British Museum. These inspired the magic chess set
medievaliz:presentpasts:The Lewis Chessmen at the British Museum. These inspired the magic chess set in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!I was just reading an article the other day which proposed that these were not actually meant for chess (or that they were not meant solely for chess) but for hnefatafl, a popular Scandinavian board game. The article details:David H. Caldwell, Mark A. Hall, and Caroline M. Wilkinson. “The Lewis Hoard of Gaming Pieces: A Re-examination of their Context, Meanings, Discover and Manufacture.” Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009): 155-203I have a knight (which I got from Trondheim, where they were supposedly made, though they were found in Scotland and thusly named).But I brokeded him. :( -- source link
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