For #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGames. One of the kings from the Isle of Lewis chess pieces in the National Museum of Scotland (2025). I love these guys! #Scotland #Edinburgh #chess #lewischessmen #NationalMuseumOfScotland #kingpiece #medieval #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky
A slide showing a king and queen from the Lewis chessmen. Carved in walrus ivory and probably carved by an Icelandic woman.
Attending a webinar on the #IcelandicSagas. We have, of course, started with the #LewisChessmen and #NogginTheNog.
One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
Nancy Marie Brown: Ivory Vikings
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#WomensArt
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Nancy Marie Brown reveals some interesting truths about the Lewis Chessmen, Viking history and Margret the Adroit.
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Nancy Marie Brown suggests that the Lewis Chessmen were likely created by a woman named Margret the Adroit, who may have been commissioned by Bishop Pall Jonsson in medieval Iceland.
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#Workinprogress another part down with my Lewis chessmen project this time the Bishop piece.
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Work in progress making some progress getting all the outlines of pieces done this time the knight piece.
#chess #lewischessmen #knight
Work in progress next up my favourite piece in the set the rook. #lewischessmen #chess #therook #lewischess #artbymikeewing
Also for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Pieces. One of the kings from the Isle of Lewis chess pieces in the National Museum of Scotland (2025) #Scotland #Edinburgh #chess #lewischessmen #NationalMuseumOfScotland #kingpiece #medieval #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Work in progress managed to get the queen piece done today. Going to get every piece done like before deciding what colour scheme/style I’m going to use for the final drawings. #edinburgh #chess #lewischessmen
Work in progress Next step in my Lewis chessmen project is turning all the sketches into digital drawing starting with the king and doing the outlines/dots before deciding on the colours I’m going to use.
#edinburgh #lewischessmen #chess #kingpiece
Always seems wrong that most of the Lewis chess pieces are kept in London when they were discovered in Scotland. The finder sold them in the 19th Century and most were bought by the Museum in London. We saw this one in the Outer Hebrides, Stornoway I think. It was on loan.
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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 group #histodons @antiquidons group #lewischessmen #BayeuxTapestry #gameshistory
Because we're going to hear these arguments all day, might as well get ahead of them now ... #BayeuxTapestry #LewisChessmen #SuttonHoo
A Medieval Exchange: Bayeux Tapestry to Visit Britain While UK Treasures Travel to France www.medievalists.net/2025/07/baye... #bayeuxtapestry #BritishMuseum #SuttonHoo #lewischessmen
Ich liebe die Lewis Chessmen. Daher wollte ich schon sehr lange selber Schachfiguren machen. Dies habe ich dann auch getan. Dies ist auf den LC basierender Bauer.
#3dsculpting #3dprinting #lewischessmen #chess #halloween #Geist #Katze #Grabstein
One of the famous Lewis chessmen — the small ivory figure looks like a king, holding a large sword.
Another Lewis chessman, also seemingly a king, doing a facepalm gesture.
A wider view of 9 of the chessmen.
Some explanatory text about the chessmen, from the display in the National Museum of Scotland.
Some of the 12th-century Lewis chessmen, discovered on the Isle of Lewis in 1831, on display at the National Museum of Scotland (seen here in 2023): #lewischessmen #chess #Scotland
Photo of a wooden chessboard table with blonde and reddish-stained coloured wooden squares. Sunlight is on the table from the left of the photo. The white chess pieces are set up and facing to the left. The pieces are resin copies of the Lewis Chessmen set. In the background are vertical multicoloured stripes from the back of an IKEA settee
This morning the replica Lewis Chessmen looked resplendent in the sun and the newly-dusted table.
#sunshine #chess #lewischessmen
Decided to revisit my Lewis chessmen project after it sat on the back burner for way too long. Starting things off with a close-up of the queen-pulling off the facepalm meme look. #chess #lewischessmen
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picture shows some of the 12th Century Lewis Chessmen
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Some of the Lewis Chessmen
A chess piece from the Isle of Lewis
Secondary dentine of the walrus tusk viewable from the base of a King from the Lewis Chessmen set
Bertha’s comb made from walrus ivory
Quick visit to the #BritishMuseum today to have a look at the #LewisChessmen and other Ivories in the collection #walrus
A 3d printed partial set of the Lewis Chessman held in Scotland. I have them on my desk. #3dprint #3dprinting #LewisChessmen #history #SiouxFalls
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Nothing quite prepares you for the presence of the #LewisChessMen in the flesh. Just stunning. #Lewis
You‘ve seen the #LewisChessmen front and back - but ... have you ever wanted to find out how they look from below?
Now you can! With these #digital 3D recreations of the @NtlMuseumsScot pieces - full collection (produced by @hugowhymark) on...
Lewis Chessmen looking perpetually stunned/overwhelmed. #medieval #chess #affect #lewischessmen #scotland #edinburgh #nofilter
"A closer look at the #LewisChessmen" - And a look well worth these medieval masterpieces!
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