Xerses phus

2022-11-05 14:14:16

@drasskin = Frontispiz from:
Vida 1736 Scacchia Ludus
➡️ books.google.de/books?id=DqBWA…
#MarcusHieronymusVida
#ChessInVisualArts #Vida1736

BTW: "We also owe to Vida the introduction of the tower (= rook) into chess."
#ChessmenAndChessSets #elephant #rook #ChessPiece
➡️ chess-museum.com/cyclopes-eleph…

Xerses phus

2022-11-03 11:00:02

#ChessmenAndChessSets
Chess piece: Rook (Roche)
Engraving
from: G. Selenus, Das Schach- und König-Spiel, Leipzig: Groß, 1616
#chessmen #ChessPiece #rook #elephant #VisialArts #engraving #Selenus1616 #ChessInVisualArts
➡️ chess-museum.com/cyclopes-eleph…
➡️ de.chessbase.com/post/austellun…

Xerses phus

2022-11-03 05:00:00

#ChessmenAndChessSets
Chess piece: Rook
South german
2nd half of the 16th century
Wood; oil, silver and gold colour
H: 5,6-6 cm
Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria
#chessmen #ChessPiece #rook #elephant
📷 khm.at/unterstuetzen/…




https://twitter.com/babel56/status/1447774023736184832

Xerses phus

2022-10-29 20:26:05

❗️Notice the Selenus chessmen❗️
Any other examples known before 1616? I. e. before the chess book of Augustus II (1579–1666) = Gustavus Selenus?
#ChessmenAndChessSets
#chesssmen #ChessPiece #SelenusStyle #SelenusChessSet #SelenusChessmen #SelenusChessPieces #Selenus1616

Xerses phus

2022-10-17 04:00:00

#ChessmenAndChessSets
Chess Piece: King
Ivory
7.6 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
German (Cologne)
End of 12th century
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
#chessmen #ChessPiece #king #MiddleAges

Xerses phus

2022-10-10 04:00:01

#ChessmenAndChessSets
Chess Piece: Bishop
Attributed to Western Islamic Lands
Ivory
H. 9 cm, D. 5,9 cm
8th–10th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
#chessmen #ChessPiece #bishop #MiddleAges #IslamicArt

Xerses phus

2022-10-03 04:00:00

#ChessmenAndChessSets
Chess Piece: Knight
Ivory
Egyptian, Western European
10th-11th century; head added 12th-13th century
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
#chessmen #ChessPiece #knight #MiddleAges