Trois pièces d’échecs en ivoire de morse découvertes au château de Crèvecœur-en-Auge (Calvados)
Early excavations on the Crèvecoeur-en-Auge castle site (Calvados) yielded three remarkable chess pieces comprising a king or fers, a knight and a pawn. They are made of walrus ivory and are finely decorated, displaying high-quality workmanship. Their stylised shapes are in the tradition of non-figu...
| Published in: | Archéologie médiévale |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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OpenEdition
2008
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/archeomed.21045 https://doaj.org/article/92b974c53d9243ffadcce1d4dc3a7665 |