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Subject: Re: Symbol proposals wanted for Archbishop and Chancellor

Author: David Dory

Date: 09:20:51 01/04/04

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On January 04, 2004 at 10:26:42, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:

>Hi,
>
>i have noticed that in Capablanca's / Gothic / Janus Chess for Archbishop (or
>Janus, a combination of knight and bishop) and for Chancellor (a combination of
>knight and rook) different symbols already have been invented.
>
>My own actual icons can be found at:
>[http://www.rescon.de/Compu/schachveri1_e.html] (right side).
>
>But I am not really satisfied especially with the Archbishop icon.
>
>So I would like to welcome new ideas on these.
>
>Regards, Reinhard.

Yep, you're icons suck, bud! :)

I'd recommend looking at the historical position of Archbishop, and choosing a
design that is completely different than the current bishop or rook designs.

What accessories are historically associated with the archbishop or chancellor?

Maybe something as simple as the design from this ancient archbishop's palace
(on the red flag) in Norway:
http://www.nidarosdomen.no/english/archbishopspalace/

Good luck.
Dave



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