- 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...
- made of
whale ivory of
Scandinavian origin,
similar to the
famous Lewis chessmen. A 13th
century Queen astride a
horse with attendants, of Scandinavian...
- The game
pieces of the
Lewis chessmen ****d
consist of ninety-three game
pieces of the
Lewis chessmen found on the Isle of
Lewis in the
Outer Hebrides...
- The
Charlemagne chessmen are a
group of 11th
century chess pieces made from ivory, now in the
Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque
Nationale in Paris, France...
- The
Chessmen of Mars is a
science fantasy novel by
American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the
fifth of his
Barsoom series.
Burroughs began writing it in...
- The
Chessmen were an
American garage rock band from Denton, Texas, near Dallas, who were
active in the 1960s. They were one of the most po****r
bands in...
-
prestigious buildings in the
neoclassical style. The
appearance of the new
chessmen was
based on this style, and the
pieces were
symbols of "respectable" Victorian...
- "checkmate" as it was
pronounced in
various languages. From the
first chessmen known of in
Western Europe (except
Iberia and Greece)
being ornamental...
- The
Dubrovnik chess set is a
style of
chess pieces.
These chessmen are
considered to have
significant historical importance and are
regarded as a timeless...
- 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 Icelandic...
