THIS book was written to accompany a travelling exhibition in 2010-11 about new research on the Lewis chessmen. It could not have been done without the support and input of many colleagues in National Museums Scotland, and also the help and generosity of colleagues in the British Museum, particularly James Robinson. We are also most grateful to Sally Foster, editor of Medieval Archaeology, for allowing work originally published in that journal to reappear here.
David H. Caldwell
Mark A. Hall
Caroline M. Wilkinson