Madonna's Roles

The actual chess pieces were found, and there was quite a number of each figure and some were varied slightly, indicating different sets. The material that was used to create them was walrus ivory and whale tooth. These were rare materials and there was a need of a lot skilled craftsmen in metal tools to create them, they were expensive to produce, therefore. The patron of this set must be wealthy and to have power, since the medieval period and those who had enough money for such pieces creation, were tending to be nobility or to be ruling class. Those that have the power over others did not have the other way. The pieces themselves represented the feudal society of the medieval period. A contemporary dress was required to the 12th century. …show more content…
There was delicate designs on the piece (thrown and robe).\The queen was sitting on a thrown, veil underneath her crown, a lot of delicate designs on the piece (thrown and robe), chin resting on her hand. An important note in this fashion was iconic in Madonna representation and child, representations of the queen figure as the Virgin Mary that is drawing a comparison between the two figures. The association with Madonna and child were a major statement that was in a Christian land, and the importance of the religious figures was then transcended subtly towards the queen and the monarchy. The bishop was dressed in their ceremonial clothes holding a bible in one hand and a croziers (a hooked staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of pastoral office) in the other, or holding the crosier with both hands but without Bible holding.. The knight was on a horseback, wearing helmets and armor and being ready for battle, caring shields and what appears to be a spear. The warders or rooks were standing on foot, dressed in a similar vain to the knights, with armor and helmets and are caring a shield and sword across their chest, or to the side (depending on the