'Charlemagne's chess set', Norman Southern Italy, end of the eleventh century
During the late middle ages these were thought to be a present from the Shah of Persia to Charlemagne, but they were not.
. An Italo-Norman knight chess piece
Italo-Norman Heavy Cavalryman by Ian Heath based on these chess pieces
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'Charlemagne's chess set', Norman Southern Italy, end of the eleventh century
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