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eller i hvert fald klarere forestilling, end nogensinde før,
om alt, hvad der vedkommer rælingen og teltet samt
aarestellet, roret, tiljerne og skjoldene.
Hvad først rælingen angaar, var, som foran (s. 6)
bemerket, en del deraf bortraadnet, og hele den øvrige
del bøjet indover; men der fandtes dog levnet saameget,
at den tildels med sikkerhed har kunnet rekonstrueres
(se på. I. fig. 4, 5).
rælingen og kun med afbrydelse for de ovennævnte korte
Heraf vil sees, at der langs under
spanter er fæstet en list eller række, hvori med visse
mellemrum findes langagtig firkantede aabninger (i større
maalestok og med snit paa pl. I. fig. 5). Denne list
stanser for og agter først, hvor rælingen faar en større bøj-
ning opad, og fra dette sted af ere de omtalte aabninger
udskaarne i selve rælingstræet, saa langt som dette er
bevaret, hvorved dog maa merkes, at de ved en for-
glemmelse af lithografen under korrekturen ikke ere til-
føjede ogsaa paa det levnede stykke af rælingen agtenfor
tverfjælen bag roret. Hensigten med disse aabninger,
der vistnok efter det anførte have gaaet lige fra stavn
til stavn, kan neppe være nogen anden, end at teltsnorene
bleve fæstede dertil, enten alene eller mulig i forbindelse
med de foran (s. 38) omtalte sneldelignende træstykker.
Forresten have snorene rimeligvis ej været anbragte i
selve kanten af tøjet, da det paa den maade ikke lod
sig forhindre, at vandet, naar det regnede, løb ind i
skibet, men derimod paa tøjets underside, et stykke
ovenfor kanten, saa at denne har gaaet ud over rælingen.
Af alt dette kan vistnok sluttes, at teltet dækkede over
hele skibet (jfr. s. 33), saaledes at teltets ryg var hori-
sontal mellem den forreste og bagerste støtte, men fra
hvert af disse steder skraanede nedad mod nærmeste
stavn. Det følger ogsaa af sig selv, at teltets horison-
tale ryg blev baaret af en aas, ved hvis ender de foran
(s. 41) omtalte vindskier vare anbragte i korsstilling
(pl. XI. fig. 6), saaledes at de udskaarne hoveder reiste sig
op over teltets ryg *), medens vindskiernes planker i sine
Derimod kan det
være tvil underkastet og synes neppe rimeligt, at de
nederste dele fæstedes ved rælingen.
trende opstandere i midten af skibet og navnlig deres
tverarme tillige have tjent som hvilesteder for teltaasen.
Endelig bør det maaske tilføjes, at masten blev nedlagt,
før teltene reistes.
Ligesom i de romerske skibe og paa Bayeuxbrode-
riet, saaledes er der ogsaa 1 Gokstadskibet udskaaret
runde aarehuller i siden, men det er her første gang,
1) Conf. Flateyarbök: I, 359.
‘gunwale itself for so long as it is preserved.
further a complete, or at all events a clearer than ever
before obtained idea of all that concerns the gunwale
of the vessel, its tilt, the arrangement of the oars, the
rudder, the flooring of the hold, and the shields.
Touching the gunwale, a portion, as already said
(pag. 6), was wholly decayed, all the rest bent inwards ;
but among the relics so much has been found as to
render reconstruction, and that with certainty, practi-
cable (pl. I. fig. 4. 5).
wise under the gunwale there runs a skirting, wherein at set
Hence it will be seen that, length-
intervals, and broken only by the above mentioned short
timbers, a series of oblong rectangular openings occurs,
(shown, parallel and in section, on a large scale pl. I. fig 5).
This skirting is discontinued, both fore and aft, just where
the gunwale takes a larger curve upwards, and from this
point such openings are cut into the woodwork of the
Here
however it must be noted that inadvertently on the part
of the lithografer, these openings were, in the proofsheet,
omitted from the residual portion’ of the cross board
behind the helm. The purpose of these apertures, that
certainly extended from stem to stern, could scarcely have
been other than to afford means to fasten the cords of
the tilt, either singly or in combination with the fore-
mentioned (pag. 38) reel shaped pieces of wood. Further
more, it is likely that these cords were not fastened to
the very edge of the cloth; for if so, in rainy weather,
water could not have been kept out of the ship; but
rather on its inner surface at some distance above the
edge, so that a portion might hang over the gunwale.
From all this it may be inferred, that the tilt covered
the entire ship, and thus its ridge was horizontal between
the fore and aft tilt posts, while at each of those points
it drooped towards the respective ends of the ship.
As a matter of course, the tilt’s horizontal ridge was sup-
ported by a pole, at whose ends the aforenamed (pag. 41)
verge boards were set crosswise (pl. IX. fig. 6) and thus
the carved heads rose above the tilt‘), while the opposite
end of the boards was fixed to the gunwale. Still how-
ever, it may be matter of doubt, and indeed seems
‘hardly probable, that the three stanchions along the central
line of the ship, and more specially their cross-arms, had
likewise served as supports for the tilt’s ridge. And
finally — it may be proper to add that before setting
up the tilt the mast had to be lowered.
Just as in the Roman ship and as shown in the
Bayeux tapestry, so in the Gokstad vessel we find port
holes cut in its sides to receive the oars, but
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