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26-DEC-2007

Charlemagne's chess set

In the Cabinet des Medailles of the Bibliotheque Nationale (National Library). Although there
is some question as to whether Charlemagne actually played chess, the set dates from around 1100 and was probably made in Italy.

Nikon D70
1/60s f/5.6 at 18.0mm iso1600 full exif

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