Chess Piece - 3D Model

• Main Authors: Catherine Anne Cassidy, Skúli Gunnarsson, Iain Oliver, Alan Miller
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: 3-D Object; Skriðuklaustur Monastery; Cultural Heritage; History; Digital Heritage; Digital Humanities; National Museum of Iceland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4560032

3D model of achess piece. The original,made of bone, was found in the rubbish dump by the entrance to the monastery kitchen. While the oldest known references to chess are from the 6th century CE (AD), clergymen are thought to have brought the game to Iceland shortly after Christianity was adopted a...