[NR] Lecture in Norman

[Tega]

Awesome! Thanks for the info!

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On Feb 8, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Dean Hougen <deanhougen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, this hardly constitutes a full recap but I will say that it was
> an excellent presentation with beautiful photos and very good
> information.
> 
> One of the things that stood out in my mind was the idea that Viking
> dragon ships may have often been boldly and brightly painted.  I tend
> to think of them as brown due to the natural wood color and many
> people apparently picture them as black due to the pitch used in
> modern times to preserve them for display.  However, they have
> recently found and analyzed paint remnants from some and determined
> that they were variously painted with black, red, yellow, bright blue,
> and perhaps other colors.  For example, there was a beautiful ship
> showing one strake black, the next red, the next black again, then
> yellow, then black down to the water line.  Also, I believe quite a
> few of us were stunned to learn that ships might be painted bright
> blue using lapis lazuli for the color base!
> 
> In general, it is interesting to think of what we picture in our minds
> of ancient times based on what we see today rather than how they
> really were, such as imagining Plato surrounded by statues in
> beautiful white marble whereas the evidence now tells us that ancient
> Greek statues (and, indeed, even their buildings) were brightly
> painted.
> 
> 
> Danr Roðrson
> 
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Barone Orlando Di Gilead
> <orlando at agilejedi.com> wrote:
>> Give me a full recap! We have dinner plans with the family that night.
>> 
>> Orlando
>> 
>> 
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>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Tega <montega at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Sounds really cool! I'll be headed to A&S but it seems like fun!
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Feb 6, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> We'll be there!  Doesn't it sound wonderful?
>>>> 
>>>> Vigdis, Danr & kids
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Cody Chezem <bolverk187 at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I found out today there is going to be a presentation in Norman on
>>> Friday.
>>>>> The
>>>>> title is The Dragonships of Oslo. It is part of the Medieval Fair
>>> lecture
>>>>> series. It is going to be at the Norman Public Library from 6:30 to
>>>>> 7:30pm. I am
>>>>> taking Friday off and going to check it out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://kosu.org/events/?id=952&vid=119
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thorvald
>>>>> 
>>>>> I didn't say it would be your fault,
>>>>> I said I would blame you.
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