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...

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Main Authors: Jean-François Goret, François Poplin
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: OpenEdition 2008-12-01
Series:Archéologie Médiévale
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/archeomed/21045
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