06-01-2005, 09:10 AM
as for the woerden ship, yes it is one of those flat rectangular bargey things (Prahm type) also found at Zwammerdam etc, but slightly modified.
As for what you say about the stone - I am slightly wary in using stone sculpture for interpreting ship details - take the wine ship from Neumagen, for example. This shows a military type vessel with pointed poop and ram, while the "oarsmen" are not only standing up, but actually facing forward (and actually punting or staking the vessel???). Finally, the whole thing is loaded with gigantic barrels. Its not clear, whether this is a military vessel being *abused* for trade purposes, or in fact a representation of a trade vessel that draws on stock iconography... bottom line of my soliloquy :wink: :
I am not sure how much detail regarding ships we can interpret into stone monuments - especially as great liberties have been taken with regard to the scale of the sailord themselves...
sorry to be such a cynic and pessimistic b*****d! 8)
As for what you say about the stone - I am slightly wary in using stone sculpture for interpreting ship details - take the wine ship from Neumagen, for example. This shows a military type vessel with pointed poop and ram, while the "oarsmen" are not only standing up, but actually facing forward (and actually punting or staking the vessel???). Finally, the whole thing is loaded with gigantic barrels. Its not clear, whether this is a military vessel being *abused* for trade purposes, or in fact a representation of a trade vessel that draws on stock iconography... bottom line of my soliloquy :wink: :
I am not sure how much detail regarding ships we can interpret into stone monuments - especially as great liberties have been taken with regard to the scale of the sailord themselves...
sorry to be such a cynic and pessimistic b*****d! 8)
Christoph Rummel
