I was in a bookshop today but they didn't have the book I wanted. So I went to the desk to see if they could order it. While I was waiting I looked at a book on the counter called A Field Guide To Tasmanian Fungi and I thought what a great book to help ID all the species I see about. I wasn't going to buy it, though, until I noticed that I knew one of the authors, who besides being a mycologist, is a keen chess player.
@medievalists Interesting article, & use of DNA analysis! Chess pieces made of horse, cow & deer bones - and "fashioned by groups (of pawns, of rooks, of bishops and knights and of queens and kings), which testifies to planned, routine activity, probably in a specialized workshop."
'The Chess Players' by Liberale da Verona (1475): chess was often used as a metaphor for love & a common theme in Renaissance literature.
💈By the way, bleached blond, frizzy hair was fashionable at the time...
🎥 ▶️ Watch THROUGH THE MIRROR OF CHESS: A CULTURAL EXPLORATION to learn more about the remarkable socio-cultural impact of chess across the centuries: ideasroadshow.com/chess/
Take a look at the "classical" error in the set-up of these gorgeous Cycladic #chess pieces that I saw in the gift shop of the Cycladic Museum in Athens.
🎥 Talking about gift shops: Did you watch Through the Mirror of Chess: A Cultural Exploration yet? This is a great time to get the DVD which is now for a limited time for sale with a big discount on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0C13M1B84/
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Film page: https://ideasroadshow.com/chess/