{"id":1791657,"date":"2021-09-02T12:09:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791657"},"modified":"2021-09-02T12:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:09:38","slug":"the-vinland-map-is-a-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/09\/the-vinland-map-is-a-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Vinland Map Is a Fake’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vinland Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The general consensus has been for some time that the Vinland Map<\/a> is a modern forgery. A battery of non-destructive tests by Yale University, which holds the map in its Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, have been performed on the map, and the results of those tests have been announced<\/a>: the map is a fake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vinland Map is a fake,\u201d said Raymond Clemens, curator of early books and manuscripts at Yale\u2019s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which houses the map. \u201cThere is no reasonable doubt here. This new analysis should put the matter to rest.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Basically, the map\u2019s inks contain titanium compounds first used in the 1920s, and an inscription on the parchment was altered to make it seem like the map belonged in a 15th-century bound volume.<\/p>\n

Previously: Re-Analyzing the Vinland Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The general consensus has been for some time that the Vinland Map is a modern forgery. A battery of non-destructive tests by Yale University, which holds the map in its Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[439,1112,281,48,1195],"class_list":["post-1791657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-beinecke","tag-forgeries","tag-hoaxes","tag-libraries","tag-vinland-map","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1809343,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/10\/yales-work-on-map-forgeries\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791657,"position":0},"title":"Yale’s Work on Map Forgeries","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 October 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"As the keepers of the Vinland Map, the folks at Yale\u2019s Beinecke Library might be expected to have a few thoughts about map forgeries, seeing as the Vinland Map is arguably the best known example. 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