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Isle of Lewis Chess Men
Below are sample images made after the famous Scotish Isle of Lewis set of
chessmen, suitable for Zillions games. The Island of Lewis is one of the
Heberdian islands off the west coast of Scotland. The original chessmen are the oldest
known complete set of ancient chessmen. They are believed to be of 12th Century
Norse origin, and carved from "morse" ivory--that is fossilized walrus
tusks. The zip file
contains three sets of images: a large to-scale set of full figures (illustrated
below); a small set of these same full figures, but not to-scale (49x49); and a
small set of details (49x49) of the larger images. The 49x49 bitmap images are
the same size as the standard Zillions chessmen and can be used either as
primary or alternate image sets in Zillions Chess variants. Obviously, the red
color was my choice, to contrast with the white.
Enjoy!
King:
Queen: Rook:
Bishop: Knight:
Pawn:
WWW page and images made by Tony
Quintanilla.
WWW page created: March 17, 2001.
Last modified: Monday, December 22, 2008