#lewischessmen — Public Fediverse posts
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This chaumert cairn kists bitties
O oor bricht an battert past—
A things that Scots hae keepit or drappit or lost
Or couldna tak wi them when they deed
Or went awa for guid…—Jim Alison, “Ingaunees”
originally published as a poster for The National Museum of ScotlandToday, 18 May, is International Museum Day
https://icom.museum/en/international-museum-day-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #LewisChessmen #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay
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The Lewis Chessmen will be on display in France in return for an #exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry in Great Britain.
#Chess #ChessHistory @archaeodons #histodons @antiquidons #lewischessmen #BayeuxTapestry #gameshistory
British Museum to loan Lewis Chessmen to France for Bayeux Tapestry -
A highlight of our trip to Edinburgh was a visit to the National Museum of Scotland. So much to see! I love these Lewis Chess pieces, in particular ♟️♟️♟️
#NationalMuseumOfScotland #Edinburgh #LewisChessMen #Scotland
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Six of the #LewisChessmen from the @britishmuseum on loan in Museum nan Eilean @MuseumnanEilean on Lewis.
outerhebridesheritage.org.uk/event/lewis-ch…
#Chess #ChessHistory #GamesHistory #HistoryOfGames #Chessmen #Archaeology #Museum #Hebrides -
A VIRTUAL TOUR OF SCOTLAND
We retrace our steps down the Atlantic coast of Lewis to one of Scotland's most magnificent beaches: Uig Beach or Tràigh Uuige. This is perhaps best know as the place where the Lewis Chessmen, 93 carved Norse chess pieces, were found in a stone chamber beneath the dunes behind the beach. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lewis/uig/index.html
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#Scotland #Uig #Beach #LewisChessmen #Lewis #WesternIsles #UndiscoveredScotland
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My mother wove me a chess board and bag for my #lewischessmen pieces and it looks stunning.
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My mother wove me a #chess board for my #lewischessmen set. About 20" wide.
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"When the #LewisChessmen were carved, the queen moved one space. per turn, and only on the diagonal, or “aslant,” as a thirteenth-century sermon explains, because “women are so greedy that they will take. nothing except by rapine and injustice.” The queen was the weakest piece on the board, even weaker than the king, and Western #chess players had no clue what to do with her. Mostly they kept her close to her king, ready to block a check by a rook."
@Argus