{"id":70,"date":"2021-01-19T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/?p=70"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:21:23","slug":"gokstad-replica-is-finding-its-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/2021\/01\/19\/gokstad-replica-is-finding-its-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Gokstad replica is finding its shape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shortly we will start building our reconstruction of the Gokstad ship. The work will be based on the measurements, calculations, model building and drawings made by Vibeke Bichoff, the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GOKSTAD MODEL: The scale model of the Gokstad ship is finding its shape at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. When finished, it will be an important tool for building the replica, Saga Gokstad. (Photo: Vibeke Bischoff). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vibeke laid the framework for our reconstruction Saga Oseberg as well, and she qualified for her doctorate shortly before Christmas, based on the Oseberg ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her 1 : 10 scale model has now reached the 10th<\/sup>\u00a0ship plank, the so called\u00a0meginhufr<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 where the ribs end and the knees begin. During her work she discovered that almost all ribs and knees had been cut on the original ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This raised doubts as to whether the ship\u00b4s width today is identical to what it was originally. The problem was solved by consulting drawings of the ship\u00b4s burial chamber made in 1931 and 1890 respectively, and comparing them to the present width. She found them identical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n