File:NMSLewisChessmen14.jpg
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Summary
Object
| Lewis chessmen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Lewis chessmen label QS:Les,"Ajedrez de la isla de Lewis" label QS:Lhu,"lewisi sakkfigurák" label QS:Lis,"Taflmenn frá Ljóðhúsum" label QS:Leu,"Lewis uharteko xake piezak" label QS:Lca,"peces d'escacs de Lewis" label QS:Lde,"Lewis-Schachfiguren" label QS:Lga,"Fir Fichille Leòdhais" label QS:Lhy,"Լյուիս կղզու շախմատ" label QS:Lzh,"刘易斯棋子" label QS:Lda,"Lewis chessmen" label QS:Ltr,"Lewis satranç figürleri" label QS:Lja,"ルイス島のチェス駒" label QS:Lsv,"Lewispjäserna" label QS:Lie,"Chac-figuras de Lewis" label QS:Lhe,"שחמט לואיס" label QS:Leo,"ŝakfiguraro de Lewis" label QS:Lcs,"Šachové figurky z ostrova Lewis" label QS:Lta,"லூயிசு சதுரங்கக் காய்கள்" label QS:Lit,"Scacchi di Lewis" label QS:Lfr,"Figurines de Lewis" label QS:Lpt,"Peças Lewis" label QS:Llt,"Luiso šachmatų figūrėlės" label QS:Lsl,"lewiške šahovske figure" label QS:Luk,"Шахи острова Льюїс" label QS:Lsco,"Lewis chessmen" label QS:Lth,"หมากรุกลูอิส" label QS:Lnn,"Lewisbrikkene" label QS:Lgd,"Fir-thàileisg Leòdhais" label QS:Lnl,"Lewis-schaakstukken" label QS:Lru,"Шахматы с острова Льюис" label QS:Laz,"Lyuis şahmatı" label QS:Lnb,"Lewisbrikkene" label QS:Lnds,"Lewis-Schachfiguren" label QS:Len,"Lewis chessmen" label QS:Lar,"قطع لويس الشطرنجية" label QS:Lbr,"Pezhioù echedoù Leòdhas" label QS:Lpl,"Szachy z Lewis" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object type | sculpture series / archaeological find | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 12th century date QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ivory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373
institution QS:P195,Q1633842 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of discovery | Isle of Lewis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
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| References | Catalogue of the ivory carvings of the Christian era with examples of Mohammedan art and carvings in bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum, pp. 63−73, 324−344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) | Public Domain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photograph
| DescriptionNMSLewisChessmen14.jpg |
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| Source | National Museums Scotland | |||
| Author | National Museums Scotland | |||
| Permission (Reusing this file) | CC-BY-SA 4.0 |
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Captions
A knight from the Lewiss Chessmen. The knight is mounted on a horse, holding a spear in its right hand and a shield in the left one.
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File usage
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Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on es.wikipedia.org
- Ajedrez de la isla de Lewis
- Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Cavalier (échecs)
- Usage on hy.wikipedia.org
- Լյուիս կղզու շախմատ
- Usage on lt.wikipedia.org
- Luiso šachmatų figūrėlės
- Usage on pt.wikipedia.org
- Peças de xadrez de Lewis
- Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
- Шахматы с острова Льюис
- Usage on sl.wikipedia.org
- Lewiške šahovske figure
- Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
- Lewispjäserna
- Usage on zh.wikipedia.org
- 刘易斯棋子
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