hist-games: alea evangelii

[Jane & Mark Waks]

webmaster at historicgames.com wrote:
> According to David Parlett in his Oxford History of Board Games, An  
> English manuscript from the reign of Athelstan (924-40) describes a  
> form of Hnefatafl which it calls "alea evangelii." and if I remember,  
> the manscript included a diagram of a 18 x 18 board with the pieces  set 
> on the intersections of the squares.

Right -- that's where Murray got it from. AFAIK, that's the only extant 
source for the game (but I'd welcome correction if there are more)...

				-- Justin