page_title: Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard
section_title: List of pieces
hierarchical_section_title: Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard / List of pieces
caption_attribution_description: Esta pieza pertenece a un tesoro encontrado en la isla de Lewis, en Escocia, con un total de setenta y ocho piezas de ajedrez y catorce tableros. Está tallada en marfil de morsa y se cree que procede de Noruega, donde se habría fabricado en la segunda mitad del siglo XII. Fotografiada en la exposición Los pilares de Europa, en Caixa Forum Madrid. Pertenece al British Museum.
context_page_description: The ninety-three game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard were found on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Medieval in origin, they were first exhibited in Edinburgh in 1831 but it is unclear how much earlier they had been discovered. The hoard comprised seventy-eight distinctive chess pieces and fifteen other non-chess pieces, nearly all carved from walrus tusk ivory, and they are now displayed at the British Museum in London and National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh. Another chess piece, which turned up in 1964 and in 2019 was attributed to have come from the original hoard, now belongs to an undisclosed owner.
  The style of carving, particularly that on the thrones of the seated figures, suggests they are Scandinavian in origin, most likely from Trondheim, the medieval capital of Norway until 1217.
  The types of piece are similar to those in modern chess – the chessmen are the earliest found that have figures in clerical dress. The rooks are represented as warriors which came to be called "warders" at an early stage after they were discovered. Four of the warders are shown biting their shields – these have been identified as the berserkers of the Norse sagas.
caption: @Dalton
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