Viking woollen square-sails and fabric cover factor |
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Authors: | Bill Cooke Carol Christiansen Lena Hammarlund |
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Institution: | Department of Textiles, UMIST, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK;Framgord, Hillside Road, Scalloway, Shetland ZE1 0XB, UK;Orangerigata 22, S-412 66 Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | The discovery of the five scuttled Viking ships of Roskilde Fjord in Denmark and the subsequent excavation, preservation and analysis of the remains has initiated a programme of reconstructive archaeology led by the Viking Ship Museum of Roskilde in which four of the five hulls have now been reconstructed together with their rigs and square-sails. The reconstruction of the sails has been based on fragments of heavy woollen cloth found within the roof of Trondenes church in Norway dating to the mid-13th century. This paper uses the'cover-factor' modelling methods of modern textile engineering to analyse the'Viking' sail fabrics and assess their strength, resilience and performance in comparison with the linen sails from the wreck of the Vasa . |
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Keywords: | Viking square-sails woollen sails linen sails cover-factor tensile strength extension |
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