12-01-2011, 08:01 PM
Hoping someone can help because I've hit a brick wall. I'm trying to find an example of a leather game board. Not a wooden board with leather facing, but an actual leather game board.
I've seen references to a leather Duodecim Scriptorum board to be found in the Museum of Wales but I've been told that it's actually ceramic.
I've seen references to a leather board found with 15 ebony and 15 ivory counters from a 6th century context which, on further investigation, seems to refer to the game set found in the royal burial at Qustul, where the pieces were found in a leather bag but the board itself was wooden.
So, is it a myth or is there any actual evidence that 12 Lines (or Tabula/Iaceta etc) was played on a handy, portable leather board?
I've seen references to a leather Duodecim Scriptorum board to be found in the Museum of Wales but I've been told that it's actually ceramic.
I've seen references to a leather board found with 15 ebony and 15 ivory counters from a 6th century context which, on further investigation, seems to refer to the game set found in the royal burial at Qustul, where the pieces were found in a leather bag but the board itself was wooden.
So, is it a myth or is there any actual evidence that 12 Lines (or Tabula/Iaceta etc) was played on a handy, portable leather board?
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
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