I v^ve been aflyred, th?^,ai;e fit to -play upon - in concert. v.But
what tfieir genius moft]^4eads them tg>, is carving-in wqod all
hjanner ctf-de¥ices^with th§ir Tolkdmive,-being a fhort broad
sjp»ie, .whicbj^ alio of their^-owm forging; fometimes thnsiir pej^fer-'
hiapce turns. Ifigjj ib well qs fg§pg| -worthy of. admiration, th©’ they
do-it withoqfi *he-help- of .any rules sin. the art of drawing- A-
mongft others, in the beginning of /this century, a pegiantowho
lived near Bragnas,, whbfgpanih Was' Halvor Fandenj excelled in
tfiik art; tire connoifleurs^wpuld give their weight in filver & r his
e^FVed cups, and mother .works in bafib relievo. And in the Royal
Mufieum, thay are look’d upon.ashheir greatett. artificial curiofity.
Oil Jacobin Mufaeq Regio5,p*_ ajSramuijkx ofitimfn thefe words,
“ Canthari, poolla, pyxides et wkfcula plurfma, exracere; Iquibtis
figurae. vaiiae elegantiffime incifae, -opere etingeni@i>ruflici'No®vegi
in diftridtu chrifiaancnfi prope Bragnaefium, qua Halvor. Fanden
appellatus. £Rufticus hie
aliaque materia praeftitit, ut airdfipibos aliis, wpl Merfifiimis, pal-
mam praripucrit. | Nee fculptura faltem et casktura, verum et
architettonica, fabrili, mufica et fiitoria arte 'infignisdhit, et ex
parte omni polydaedalus, Eilios quoldam reliquity arfcium patema-
idm fedatores, quorum plerique et fidibus fciunt, et Hnftrymenta
ohinia mufica conficiunt; imo artem pi^driam, fculptoriam, cap-
iulariam, fabrilem, urchite&onicam, venaitoriam et plures alias
callent.” In the laine. RoyabMufaeum, tliere Upp be fedn a butt
of Chriftian V. carved in .a certain woodSealle-d beefi-wood, by a
ihepheld, ‘ who in the year *68-8, when’^he-'king went to FronL
heim, ftood in the road toffee his m^efty ^fs , and fec-eived fe
(bong an impreffion of his'lace,- that -he was able to ^deprefent
every lineament and feature to the lif^'-#ithont having -fivehleeh
the origiri£U%ut once -eft paflaht. What the Norwegiah -genins is
capable of when affifted'jby education, and proper ififtruffions in
the art of fculpture, the three great matters Berg, Bog, and Arbin,
can witnefs; whole merits are fo well known, that they heed no
encomium.
I fhall in die next place, give the reader Jpgae .account of the
bodily exercifes ufed by the Norwegians.
Formerly the Norwegian youth, not only amongft the common
people, but alio amongft thofe in a more elevated ftation, ivere
.trained up to wreftling, riding, fwimming, throwing the (fart,
fcating,
leafing, - climbing fteep rocks and forging iron. The other paft
• of their education cronfitted in
iitg the horn *, and, compefidg longs, and odes.' Hence king
Harald Haardtaade, >fpeaks thus of himfelf;
■ “ ’ ithrottir kan ek fattas,!>s I
Ygs fet ekdidi at- fmida,
I t Famr er ek hnaft -a hefti,
Hefik fund nfimit ftundum,
. Sktida kan ek.a fkidtim
- ; Skyt- ek ok xtekg fbe ’at- nytir, *1 r-
-Tho. lffitr gferka- i gordum
-Galbings -vied mer -Ikdlk. \ I
Which ds ;thus. trairflafed: by WoHnius, «'Exercitia oftb novi,
Jtrenue diinicate -audeb, equo viriliter'infiderfe valeo, aliquando et
nature confisesti, in foleis lignei's 'Cuirere’novi, jao^ndi^^retiii»-
gandi. arte-bene polleo; jattamoi virgo Rufiica me Ipennit.
Rognauld Ksolfon; count of the Orkneys, writes thus- of himfelf
and his arts..
'TaftC'em'ek aurfat afla •
Ithrotfir kan ;ek mu. y?r^l
’Tynii eWtradla runuha' - <
I Tid er mer -bok og fmider.
Sktida'flan^k^MOTW^
Bkyt ok .ras.fua nytir
HuOTtweggia kam -ek huggih
Hafp&aPt oh breg thaHtta.'
We.; l«^um icacchicu^a exeroece prompiAs ham,, ixertatia niSfem
•wvfiexamre litteras ran-kas, affiaetilB Earn
; * Next tbjfoanffing ttejliohi; W&h Is' a mufTs^L
M n | § % S i W * r m ® .cal'l .lang -leek.;' this hW fe ^ r a fs -wires
fte tc lie f upon a founding board.about. four feet idag, a n d fe inches-broad; WfefoiliM
■ pf which, will, hardly pleale o*
ymes made ufe °£ s W ^ V^'Mt Verv Mpnablv I meap m the honfe c£ maim-
S S m t e t i thf W at-tte.heak o f the coffin p ly in g all day 16%
whfch r ^ u e n ^ the weftern parts... But this is riot fo ftraSge/as an old
whJj he ^ edT? W*Jwas n o tM j t o i Mm ? or-hii .neighWs
® m, - r l “ 5 m t a P m the diocefe of Bergen, evdy one thalcomes.
^ c d ^ m j ^ o m s S f f i e e s l at thM irfn ? and b
®efs ^” 1th e d v ^ e.d lF % y H M m I him. The reverend 51. C A^ehe.
has tot* t h ^ Vhat k)i is lftyiifSya& W l i t ® aljc fom iv e n e l^ T u ^ a time!
t o M can .JiajK^ly. o$[.fejck m inveterate cscterii -!•
1 V i ' 4 w y
^gj WiWesM f i i . i ■ ■■■ mis m
Sobie exef^
icifes ia ’for*
mer times.
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