. Bergens Museums aarbog. Science. 1903] Notes from the Antiquarian Collection. 19 building. Up on this supposition I will in the following try to date the boat here before us. The top-board in this boat being* provided with cleats proves that all the boards have been attaehed to the frames in the same manner — by bindings — and tims shows a closer relationship to the older type of construction than to the ships from the viking- age. I should even think it likely that the inner skeleton exclusively consisted of frames, each made of a single piece of wood, bent so as to lit the section of the b
. Bergens Museums aarbog. Science. 1903] Notes from the Antiquarian Collection. 19 building. Up on this supposition I will in the following try to date the boat here before us. The top-board in this boat being* provided with cleats proves that all the boards have been attaehed to the frames in the same manner — by bindings — and tims shows a closer relationship to the older type of construction than to the ships from the viking- age. I should even think it likely that the inner skeleton exclusively consisted of frames, each made of a single piece of wood, bent so as to lit the section of the boat. The cleats also, being placed in couples and not having been put into incisions in the frames, bear proof of connection with the older type and differ in principle from the younger one. On closer inspection we shall discover in many points, each in itself of little importance, but put together of decisive weight, a most striking resemblance between our vessel and the boats from Nydam. In both these cases the cleats have got nearly the same shape, and each of them is provided with only one hole (see fig. 8. - 11 - Fig. 12. Sketcli of a cleat from the Gokstad-ship. above and Nydam Mosefund p. 12); in the Gokstad-ship we see cleats of a very different form, perforated each with two holes (fig. 121). — The gunnel-list in the boat from Nydam is made of the same piece of wood as the board itself, in the younger boats it is made of special lists, fastened to the edge of the board; in this respect too, we must consequently refer our boat to the older type2). At last we ought to observe the rowlock; its very primitive form, chiefly determined by the natural shape of the piece of wood chosen for the purpose, its length, and the way in which it has J) Tor the sketch here reproduced, I am indebted to Mr. Gustav Mørk, keeper at the University collection in Kristiania. 2) Between the boards, strips of cloth, as above mentioned, are laid for tightening the boat, resembling th
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