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Evidence for Cerne Abbey Game
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1938
Type Artistic depiction
Location 50°48'38.69"N, 2°28'34.73"W
Date 1250-01-01 - 1300-12-31
Rules 3x12 intersecting lines. Twelve pieces per player, which begin in on the points on the outer rows of the board. Pieces move into the central row from the same side of the board.
Content Depiction of game from Ms 0.2.45, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, from Cerne Abbey. A board with 3x12 intersecting lines. Twelve light pieces and twelve dark pieces, eleven of each set on opposing long sides of the board, with the right corners of the board without a piece, The remaining two pieces are in the central row. Michaelsen 2001: 26-27.
Confidence 100
Source Michaelsen, P. 2001. "Daldøs: An almost Forgotten Dice Board Game." Board Game Studies 4: 19-31.
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