Billedprogrammet på Trondenes: Den hellige Anna – sjømennenes og rikdommens beskytter
Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/13.3689 . The interior of the parish church at Trondenes in Harstad in Northern Norway is one of the best-preserved medieval interiors in Scandinavia. Four of its reredos have survived, three of them in situ. A significant characteristic of the...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/8680 2023-05-15T17:43:39+02:00 Billedprogrammet på Trondenes: Den hellige Anna – sjømennenes og rikdommens beskytter St. Anna - sjømennenes og rikdommens beskytter. Anna-selv-tredje og den Hellige slekt i billedprogrammet på Trondenes Bergesen, Rognald Heiseldal 2015 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8680 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3689 nob nob Septentrio Academic Publishing Norges forskningsråd: 214331 Nordlit 2015(36) FRIDAID 1262898 http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/13.3689 1503-2086 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8680 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8215 openAccess Trondenes middelalder kirkekunst ikonografi alterskap VDP::Humaniora: 000::Kunsthistorie: 120::Middelalderkunsthistorie: 126 VDP::Humanities: 000::History of art: 120::History of the arts in the Middle Ages: 126 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2015 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3689 2021-06-25T17:54:39Z Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/13.3689 . The interior of the parish church at Trondenes in Harstad in Northern Norway is one of the best-preserved medieval interiors in Scandinavia. Four of its reredos have survived, three of them in situ. A significant characteristic of the decoration in the church is the pronounced presence of St. Anne and the Holy Kinship. The article explores the roles of these motifs in the iconography at Trondenes. Even though there are no sources related to the specific religious use of these motifs at Trondenes, our general knowledge of their cult elsewhere in Europe suggests how they might have been used in Trondenes. Among ordinary people in the medieval Northern Germany, the cult of Saint Anne and the Holy Kinship were related to the protection of sailors and to secure the growth of their income, as well as to protect against diseases. Usually these motifs were found in maritime, urban regions. St. Anne was regarded as a role model for the middle class women, and the Holy Kinship as a “self-image” of the trading middle class. Trondenes is the main Church in a large maritime region. In the late middle ages the fisheries along the coastline provided large incomes to the chapter of the Cathedral of Nidaros who owned Trondenes and to the local merchants at Trondenes. In such circumstances it is reasonable that the presence of St. Anne and the Holy Kinship at Trondenes was related to the protection of local sailors and to the growth of income from the fisheries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Trondenes University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway The Cathedral ENVELOPE(-134.137,-134.137,59.333,59.333) Trondenes ENVELOPE(16.562,16.562,68.822,68.822) Nordlit 36 229 |
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Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/13.3689 . The interior of the parish church at Trondenes in Harstad in Northern Norway is one of the best-preserved medieval interiors in Scandinavia. Four of its reredos have survived, three of them in situ. A significant characteristic of the decoration in the church is the pronounced presence of St. Anne and the Holy Kinship. The article explores the roles of these motifs in the iconography at Trondenes. Even though there are no sources related to the specific religious use of these motifs at Trondenes, our general knowledge of their cult elsewhere in Europe suggests how they might have been used in Trondenes. Among ordinary people in the medieval Northern Germany, the cult of Saint Anne and the Holy Kinship were related to the protection of sailors and to secure the growth of their income, as well as to protect against diseases. Usually these motifs were found in maritime, urban regions. St. Anne was regarded as a role model for the middle class women, and the Holy Kinship as a “self-image” of the trading middle class. Trondenes is the main Church in a large maritime region. In the late middle ages the fisheries along the coastline provided large incomes to the chapter of the Cathedral of Nidaros who owned Trondenes and to the local merchants at Trondenes. In such circumstances it is reasonable that the presence of St. Anne and the Holy Kinship at Trondenes was related to the protection of local sailors and to the growth of income from the fisheries. |
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Billedprogrammet på Trondenes: Den hellige Anna – sjømennenes og rikdommens beskytter |
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Billedprogrammet på Trondenes: Den hellige Anna – sjømennenes og rikdommens beskytter |
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Billedprogrammet på Trondenes: Den hellige Anna – sjømennenes og rikdommens beskytter |
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