1903] 



Notes from the Antiquarian Collection. 



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historie times in Scandinavia. The material to be tåken into con- 

 sideration is not very large, only consisting of the boats from the 

 moss of Nydam and the ships found in Norwegian graves from the 

 viking'- age 1 ). 



The ships from the viking-age, as we know them in excellent 

 specimens from Gokstad and Tnne 2 ), are already productions of a 

 highly developed art in ship-bnilding. The inner frame-work upon 

 which the firmness of the vessel for the most part depends here 

 consists of three special parts, each of them having a function of 

 its own (fig. 10). The frames, ending just at the watera edge, are 



Fig. 10. Section of the G-okstad-ship. 



only destined to give the proper form to the bottom of the ship; 

 they are tied to the boards by cleats scored in the same piece of 

 wood as the board itself. The ends of each frame are connected 

 by a beam which at the same time gives in a high degree firmness 

 to the construction and supports the floor boards. To these beams 

 are fastened solid knees, to which again the sides of the ship are 



1 ) About the fragments of a very old boat in Sweden, my knowledge is not 

 sufficient to make any comparison. — See Montelius : Les temps préhistoriques 

 en Suéde, p. 186. 



2 ) N. Nicolaysen : Langskibet fra Gokstad. Kristiania 1882. (Norwegian 

 and English.) — 0. Bygh: Tuneskibet. Den norske Eigstidende 1867, no. 178. 



As to tbe differences between the older and younger sbips, my account is 

 chiefly tåken from Mr. Tuxen. Aarb. 1886, p. 50 ss. 



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