A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . weresome quaint, old paintings of Biblical sub-jects, done by peasant artists. We also sawthe Church of Gol, a Staveklrke or timberbuilt church of the twelfth century, first men-tioned in 1309, brought here in 1884, andsince freely restored. With its dragon-head,decorated gables and many pinnacles it looksalmost as though it was of Chinese is also a church museum here that con-tains carved and painted altar-pieces, pulpitsand organ-cases, mostly of the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries. After kindly showingus all
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . weresome quaint, old paintings of Biblical sub-jects, done by peasant artists. We also sawthe Church of Gol, a Staveklrke or timberbuilt church of the twelfth century, first men-tioned in 1309, brought here in 1884, andsince freely restored. With its dragon-head,decorated gables and many pinnacles it looksalmost as though it was of Chinese is also a church museum here that con-tains carved and painted altar-pieces, pulpitsand organ-cases, mostly of the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries. After kindly showingus all these things, the Captain took us backto the landing near our hotel. Thursday, July rained hard this morning, so we went tosee the Vikings Ship. Under a temporaryshed, in the grounds back of the UniversityBuildings, is the one discovered in 1889 atGogstad. It dates from the ninth centuryand was found in a large mound known asthe Kongshaugen, where, according to tradi-tion, a king, with all his treasures, was custom of burying chiefs in a boat or. EQ U I A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 27 ship, which was sunk In the earth and coveredby a mound, was common during Viking timesin Norway. The smaller boats, which weremost frequently used, have generally decayedso that only the rusted rivets are left as evi-dence of the size and form of the ship, however, owing to the fact thatIt was imbedded in potters clay, is betterpreserved than usual. Its length is seventy-seven feet, breadth, sixteen feet. It is sharpat both ends, rather long for its beam, andhas a fine run. It is clinker-built, of oak,sixteen strakes high, riveted with wroughtiron nails, and was propelled by both sailsand oars, as is shown by the stub of a mastand some oars that were found in the of the mast was a sepulchral chamber,made of blocks of timber, placed like a roofagainst a ridgeplate, the lower ends restingon beams placed alongside the bulwarks,which timbers were joined to others
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