The images and photographs shown on this page are coming from the following sources :

Jean-Michel Péchiné, "Roi des jeux, jeu des rois, les échecs", Découvertes Gallimard, 1997 : this small French book is a wonderful !

Neil Stratford, "The Lewis Chessmen and the enigma of the hoard", British Museum Press, 1997.

"Pièces d'échecs", Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des médailles et antiques, catalogue de l'exposition du 7 juin au 30 septembre 1990.

Tony Hosking, "The Art of Shogi", The Shogi Foundation, 1996.

Alessandro Sanvito (catalogo a cura di), "L'arte degli scacchi", Edizioni Sylvestre Bonnard, 2000.

Isaac Linder, "The Art of Chess Pieces", H.G.S. Publishers, Moscow, 1994.

Gareth Williams, "Master Pieces", Apple Press, London, 2000.

Colleen Schafroth, "L'Art des échecs", éditions de La Martinière, Paris, 2002 (The Art of Chess, Berenson Design & Books, New York, 2002)

A. Capece, "Le grand livre de l'Histoire des échecs", éditions De Vecchi, Paris, 2001

Manfred A.J.Eder, "The Present State of Research regarding the Oldest Chessmen", paper presented at 9th Congress of Chess Collectors International, May 2000, Florence Italy. Paper reproduced in "Chess originated in India. Four Contributions", Fördekreis Schach-Geschichtsforschung e.V. publication, May 2000.

ouvrage collectif, "L'Asie des steppes", Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 2000

Asian Games The Art of Contest, Asia Society, 2004

Chess Collector International, 12th Convention - May 2006 in Berlin - Program

The authors of theses works, books and photographs, are kindly acknowledged.

If there is any problem with their presence here, please do mail me .

Thanks to Gerhard Josten and Egbert Meissenburg to have drawn my attention to the A. Le Coq's findings

See also: "Der Vogel ist kein ,,Turm'' ", Manfred A.J.Eder, Schach-Journal 1/1994.

Many thanks to Thierry Depaulis for pointing many illustrations to me

and to Manfred Eder for kind informations and stimulating discussion.