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Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Reviewer:
Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dommuseum, Hildesheim, Germany
places:
Hildesheim
subjects:
Medieval art / Islam / Christianity / Chess / Vessels / Caskets / Textiles / Reliquaries / Rock crystals / Silks / Arabic scripts / Ornament / Coins / Seals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Western art unattributed:
6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
Western art unattributed:
7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Book Review
Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah)
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 372-373
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
subjects:
Chess / Islamic sculpture / Games
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah) By Deborah Freeman Fahid. 344 pp. incl. over 300 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2018),  45. ISBN 978–0–500–97091–1. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Knight (faras) chess piece. Probably Nishapur, eastern Iran, 8th to 9th century. Alabaster, height 4.9 cm. (The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. King (shah) chess piece. Iraq or Khurasan, 9th to early 10th century. Rock crystal, height 6.8 cm. (The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait).
Book Review
Chessmen
03/1939 | 432 | 74
Pages: 148
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Reviewer:
Longhurst, Margaret H. (Longhurst, Margaret H.; Longhurst, M. H.; Longhurst, M.; Longhurst, Margaret)
Subjects
subjects:
Chess / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chessmen | author: Liddell, Donald M.