Norman ship with carved figurehead, striped sail

Norman ship with carved animal figurehead on the bow, striped sail, oars, church-like forecastle on the deck, 11th century. Vaisseau Northman. Similar to an engraving of an Anglo-Saxon ship in Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir E l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel and Wurtz, Bossange, 1827

9th Century Ancient History Bossange Collection Des Costumes Collection Of Costumes Figurehead Forecastle Horace De Viel-castel Illumination Oars Prow Rigging Robert Von Spalart Spalart Treuttel And Wurtz Weapons And Furniture

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