{"id":105043,"date":"2025-03-11T11:26:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/now-they-come-home-news-trondelag-local-news-tv-and-radio\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:26:58","slug":"now-they-come-home-news-trondelag-local-news-tv-and-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/now-they-come-home-news-trondelag-local-news-tv-and-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"– Now they come home – news Tr\u00f8ndelag – local news, TV and radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– These are some of the largest archaeological taxes in the Nordic countries, says Hans Sten\u00f8ien, museum director at the NTNU Science Museum. – It is very special, he says excited. Soon some of the over 900-year-old “Lewis chips” will come to Trondheim. Not only does the pieces go to be the world’s most famous chess pieces. They were probably also made in Trondheim. – Now they come home, says Sten\u00f8ien. Professor James Barrett, project manager Tove Eivindsen and museum director Hans Sten\u00f8ien are looking forward to the pieces in place. So far they have only models of the chess pieces. Photo: Stein Roar Leite \/ news – The face of the Middle Ages Sten\u00f8ien says that there is a discussion in the professional environment about how the pieces were made, but that the chance is great that the pieces in ivory from Kvalross have their origin in Trondheim. -There is a discussion that is going on, but most people probably think that it is reasonably certain that they were made in Trondheim in the 1100s. In total, there are 94 pieces from the same set. Some of the pieces come to Trondheim. Photo: Trustees of the British Museum Professor of Archeology at NTNU, James Barrett, says that the pieces are iconic. – These are some of the most iconic objects of the Middle Ages. Usually the pieces are on display at the British Museum in London. There they are among the most visited items in the collection, the professor says. – In addition, they are very well known in popular culture. – They are the face of chess in the Middle Ages, in many ways the face to chess and also the face of the medieval community. Photo: Stein Roar Leite \/ news made in Trondheim Barrett says that it is no wonder that the pieces were made in Trondheim-or “Nidaros” as the city was named in the 1100s. -Trondheim was an important trading center for qualifying-elfenbone. Especially from Greenland, but also from Northern Norway. Ein has previously made findings that show that both ivory and torment were processed in Trondheim. – But the most important thing is the artistic connection. – The face and excretions of the pieces match excerpts on sculptures in the Nidaros Cathedral, at churches in Tr\u00f8ndelag and other objects in ivory that have been found in Trondheim. However, its name has been given the pieces because they were found on the island of Lewis, one of the islands in the Hebridane archipelago. Today, the islands are part of Scotland, but in the 12th century they were subject to the Norwegian king. The chess pieces were found on the island of Lewis in 1831. – A great experience to see the chess expert Atle Green says it is great that the pieces come to Trondheim. He himself has seen the pieces at the British Museum in London. – For me it was a great experience to see them. He says that the chess pieces earlier have not been so well known in the chess environment, but the knowledge of them has increased in recent years. – Before, it was probably more controversial that the pieces were made in Trondheim as well. – There was between another quarrel between Icelandic and Norwegian chess historians about how the pieces came from. Atle Gr\u00f8nn has written the book “The chess or life – a journey in chess unique fate, history and culture”. Photo: Fredrik Hagen about chess players in Norway is going to pilgrimage to Trondheim to see the pieces, however, green is uncertain. – Chess players are very different people. Some are interested in history and culture, others are just run by the game itself. – Even I think chess without history and the culture around is much poorer. But playing a lot with the pieces is not green so interested in. – It would have been a gimmick. But it was fun to have the pieces at home with themselves. -I have some decorative chess trays. They are very nice, but one does not play on them. Wingfield-Digby Bispestaven also comes to Trondheim. The one side shows St. Olav, the other an unidentified bishop. Photo: Victoria and Albert Museum Extra safety to play a lot with the 900 -year -old pieces can not be done anyway. The Science Museum put in extra security measures when the valuable taxes come to visit. Between the others, the pieces are placed in the mountains with extra thick glasses. The pieces come to Trondheim as part of the exhibition “The Sea Ivory”. Extra safety measures are taken in advance of the pieces coming. So far, only models of the pieces are in place. Photo: Stein Roar Leite \/ news It will also be possible for the audience to see other objects that, among other things, a casket of qualifiers and a head of a diocesan from the 1300s. From the National Museum in Copenhagen also comes the so -called “Taukorset” from Munkholmen in Trondheim. The exhibition opens May 6. Published 11.03.2025, at. 12.02
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