The entries to the church are in the three arms of the almost-cross. Marks created by several old post churches have also been found at the old stone church in Jelling. Smaller beams running between these upper supporting columns help clamp everything firmly together. Among other things, Bugge places the dragon heads in contrast to, and not in connection with, such figures. The work and what has been done at the individual churches is documented in a report. Basic geometrical figures, numbers that were easy to work with, one or just a few length units and simple ratios, and perhaps proportions as well were among the theoretical aids all builders inherited. The carving has strikingly similarities with the west portal of Ål Stave Church, which also has kites in a band braiding pattern, and it follows the usual composition in the Sogn-Valdres portals, a larger group of portals with very clear similarities. Gradually, it became common to illustrate the texts, but there is a leap in development, and a number of texts with illustrations have been lost. In still later churches, the posts were set on a raised sill frame resting on stone foundations. XXV, 1–38; according to Jørgen H. Jensenius "Stavkirkeprekenen som bygningshistorisk kilde" I: Fortidsminneforeningens årbok, 2001. They can potentially be seen in the context of launchers in cathedrals such as Notre-Dame in Paris, as some researchers believe that these too are intended to deter evil spirits, but this is a controversial topic for which there is no concrete evidence. The simple profile portal is doorways that are framed by simple profiles or pilasters. Urnes Stave Church , the oldest of Norway's stave churches, is included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This led to this church being for a long time considered the supremely oldest wooden structure in Europe. On top of the sill beam is a groove into which the lower ends of the wall planks (veggtilene) fit. To preserve the interior, new walls were built on the outside of the stave in the 1990s. The weight of the roof is thus supported by buttresses and columns, preventing downward and outward thrust on the stave walls. School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia. The four corner posts are connected to one another by ground sills, resting on a stone foundation. The corner posts or staves (stavene in Norwegian) are cross-cut at the lower end and fit over the corner notches and cover them, protecting them from moisture. Lion on arch decoration from Borgund Stave Church, Sigurd sucking the dragon blood off his thumb, engravings from Hylestad Stave Church, The slaying of Regin, engravings from Hylestad Stave Church. The technique was developed as early as the 11th century, but it has only been proven in the forerunner of the current stave church. The only structure in this technique that has survived into our time is a wall in the middle section of Greensted Church which stands in Greensted in England. It was the church for the Lærdal parish (which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin) until 1868 when it was closed and turned into a museum. Visit Urnes Stave Church, the oldest stave church found in Norway, included on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, and take a hike in Jostedalsbreen National Park … It has been replaced by a vine that also represents Christianity. Kvernes Stave Church, 1633, previously believed to be the Middle Ages, the only known stave church in Norway built after the Reformation. The Gustav Adolf Stave Church in Hahnenklee, Germany, built in 1908, is modeled on the Borgund church. On the north and south sides of the nave, there are a total of eight windows that let in small amounts of light, and at the top of the nave's west gable is a window of more recent date - probably from pre-Reformation times, but a few years after the church was built. De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen, er kunnen aanvullende voorwaarden van toepassing zijn.Zie de gebruiksvoorwaarden voor meer informatie. Nicolaysen wrote: "Our stave churches are now the only remaining of its kind, and according to the sparse records and known circumstances, it appears that nothing similar existed except perhaps in Britain and Ireland." Urnes Stave Church; Røros Mining Town and the Circumference; Rock Art of Alta; Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago; Struve Geodetic Arc * West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord; Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site Stave churches were particularly common in less populated areas in high valleys and forest land, and fishermen's villages on islands and in minor villages along fjords. [5] It has a raised central nave demarcated on four sides by an arcade. For some other churches (Bremsnes and Kornstad on Nordmøre), the contemporary sources say that the cross arms were later added to the lumber. Coin finds made under the church floors are also important for dating. A common dating of the church was about the year 845, but modern dendrochronological dating estimates the church's year of construction to the period just after the year 1053 (+ 10 / −55 years).[1]. Borgund Stave Church cross-section by Herman Major Schirmer, Side view of Stedje Stave Church by G. A. [27], Per Jonas Nordhagen does not reject the basilica theory, but suggests development along two paths and that the basilical was a development towards larger and technically more sophisticated churches. Urnes Stave Church. Ágústsson, Hördur 1976: "Kyrkjehus i ei norrøn homilie". [8], Lorentz Dietrichson believed that the stave churches were originally small and were only later built in larger dimensions. The sermon text is a theological interpretation of the building elements in the church. Such churches are easy to spot at archaeological sites as they leave very distinct holes where the posts were once placed. In some beam portals, the column motif is also incorporated together with the surface decorations, with or without archivolt. In the church, a sacrament from the period 1550–1570 in the same style as the pulpit is also preserved. Lion from the portal of Eidsborg Stave Church. It was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and is an outstanding… Read more. There is little in the building, apart from the row of benches that are installed along the wall inside the church in the ambulatory outside of the arcade and raised platform, a soapstone font, an altar (with 17th-century altarpiece), a 16th-century lectern, and a 16th-century cupboard for storing altar vessels. [31] Olsen rejected the hof theory. To prevent early decay, the posts or planks were tarred, and the lower ends were charred by burning. The two most copied are Borgund and Hedared, with some variations, and sometimes with adaptations to add elements from known stave churches from the area. The background may be manuscripts and stone sculpture. If the main church was masonry the annex church could be a stave church. [15][9], The word "stave church" is unknown in Old Norse, presumably because there were no other types of wooden churches. One reads: Thor wrote these runes in the evening at the St. Olav's Mass. The church served as the inspiring example for the reconstruction of the Fantoft Stave Church in Fana, Bergen, in 1883 and for its rebuilding in 1997. While not a functional gallery, this is reminiscent of contemporary second story galleries of large stone churches elsewhere in Europe. Furthermore, Bugge points out that the carvings probably had a protective value, such as the dragon heads on the church roof.[17]. The original wooden floor and the benches that run along the walls of the nave are largely preserved, together with a medieval stone altar and a box-shaped baptismal font in soapstone. The origin of these is Physiologus, a collection of allegories about animals, with Christian interpretations, which are said to have originated in Alexandria in the 2nd century. Logs were split in two-halves, set or rammed into the earth (generally called post in ground construction) and given a roof. A new Borgund Church was built in 1868 right next to the old church, and the old church has not been in ordinary use since that year. The … For complete detailed references in Norwegian, see the original version at no:Borgund stavkirke. Holes after pillars, often with remnants of the former pillars, have been found under or near several stave churches and in places where legends say that there must have been churches. [3], Håkon Christie assumed that the post construction fell out of use because the posts rotted from below. Around 1800 in Norway 322 stave churches were still known and most of these were in sparsely populated areas of Norway. Common features of most portals are that they are monumental and that they have fighting dragons. You could then use thinner materials in the complementary parts of the construction. It was built around 1130 AD, but the… Read more. It was long thought that this technique disappeared before the turn of the last millennium, but new research shows that it was in use right up to the 12th century. Above the arcade, the columns are linked by cross-shaped, diagonal trusses, commonly dubbed "Saint Andrew's crosses"; these carry arched supports that offer the visual equivalent of a "second story". At Urnes these carvings found on the doorway, gable, and two planks and a corner post, have been incorporated into a later church of c.1160. This proved a simple but very strong form of construction. These are interconnected in the corner notch, forming a rigid sill frame. Dietrichson was unsure whether the cross arms in the Møre churches were generally added in the lath construction or whether it was a medieval stave construction. [13], Heddal stave church was the first stave church described in a scholarly publication when Johannes Flintoe wrote an essay in Samlinger til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie (Christiania, 1834). For lateral bracing, additional wooden brackets (bueknær) are inserted between the rafters. [18], On the lower side panel of the roof rider we find four circular cutouts. Borgund Stave Church (Norwegian: Borgund stavkyrkje) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.The old stave church is located in the village of Borgund.It was the church for the Lærdal parish (which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin) until 1868 when it was closed and turned into a museum. Additional support is given by a truss that cuts across the X, below the crossing point but above the bottom truss. Stave building is not influenced by the log technique. Images from the 1990s show that the antlers hung on the lower, east-facing pliers in the church,[14] but how much of the story is true and where the antlers have taken the road in retrospect is not known. In Germany, there is one stone church with a motif depicting a dragon similar to those often seen on Norwegian stave churches and on surviving artifacts from Denmark and Gotland. Alta Museum - World heritage Rock art centre Experience Northern Europe's largest and richest rock carving site, inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List. If so, a dendrochronological dating may be based upon a log from a later reconstruction. [clarification needed] Owing to this evidence newer research has suggested that Christianity was introduced into Norway much earlier than was previously assumed. Hoppestad Stave Church dendrodated to 1131-1132, previously assumed 1125-1250. [7], Stone as a base for poles was used as early as Roman times and additional walls in sleepers may have been used from the 400s and 600s. The first of these, the Kaupanger group, have a whole arcade row of posts and intermediate posts along the sides and details that mimic stone capitals. This was also a real stave church, since both the corner stakes and the tiles have stood on sleepers that were reused as foundations for the existing church. According to Dietrichson, the large areas for the stave churches in Sunnmøre were partly a result of later expansions. Many stave churches had or still have outer galleries or ambulatories around their whole perimeters, loosely connected to the plank walls. Occasionally some of the wood remains, making it possible to date the church more accurately using radiocarbon dating and/or with dendrochronology. This form of a church can also be recognized from the holes which remain from earlier earth-bound post churches built on the same sites. Borgund Stave Church (Norwegian: Borgund stavkyrkje) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Valknut: Odin’s Knot . Stave churches are a very popular phenomenon and several have been built or rebuilt around the world. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. The specialist was the man who knew a particular type of building so well that he could systematise its elements in a slightly different way from previous building designs, thus carrying developments a stage further. [24], Lorentz Dietrichson in his book De norske Stavkirker ("The Norwegian Stave Churches") (1892) claimed that the stave church is "a brilliant translation of the Romanesque basilica from stone to wood" ("En genial oversettelse fra sten til tre av den romanske basilika"). Some believe they represent the four evangelists, probably rendered as an eagle, an ox, a lion and a human. An archaeological excavation in Lund uncovered the postholes of several such churches. Single nave churches in Norway: Grip, Haltdalen, Undredal, Hedal, Reinli, Eidsborg, Rollag, Uvdal, Nore, Høyjord, Røldal and Garmo. However, the cross from the Middle Ages was removed after the Reformation. Borgund Stave Church was bought by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1877. It is possible that the portals may have been painted, but this has been difficult to determine with certainty. Davidson, H. R. Ellis. Bugge believes that this may be a pagan iconography in Christian interpretation. [11], Most of the surviving stave churches in Norway were built 1150–1350. Historians and researchers have debated their personal influence on the matter, but in Norwegian folklore, they are two … In Norway alone, it was thought about 1000 were built; recent research has upped this number and it is now believed there may have been closer to 2000. [14] During 1400s and 1500s no new churches were built in Norway. If the hof was a particular building they remain to be identified, according to Olsen. A plank of one such church was found in Jutland. Often historical records or inscriptions will point to a year when the church is known to have existed. The columns have bases and chapters. The inner "cube" is formed by continuous columns that rise from ground level to support the roof. Archaeological excavations can yield finds which can provide relative dating for the structure, whereas absolute dating methods such as radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology can provide a more exact date. On the stone foundation, four huge ground beams (grunnstokker) are placed like a ⌗ sign, their ends protruding 1–2 meters from the lap joint where they intersect. [11] Borgund is one of the only churches to still have preserved its ridge crests, carved with openwork vine and vegetal repeating designs. [17] Some believe that pagan traditions originating from the dragon elements are an unreliable explanation; Anker refers, among other things, to several preserved reliquaries from both the Nordic countries and the continent that are designed as church buildings with dragon heads on the ridge ridges. Today, 28 historical stave churches remain standing in Norway. The ends of these beams support the sills of the outer walls, forming a separate horizontal frame. In later years wooden shingles became more common. Most of the preserved material comes from Sogn-Hardanger and from the mountain villages in Eastern Norway. The rods are secured with braces in the form of Andrew's crosses with a sun - shaped center and carved leaf shapes along the arms. ); Anker, Leif; Nyhamar, Anne og Mehlum, Sjur (2016). A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe.The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts are called stafr in Old Norse (stav in modern Norwegian).Two related church building types also named for their structural elements, the post church … However, in documents from the 1600–1700s, "stave" was also used for wall boards or panels. Røldal Stave Church may have had some pillars set in the ground until 1913. The sources of Physiologus are Indian, Hebrew and Egyptian animal stories and various classical texts written by, among others, Aristotle and Pliny the Elder. In vier Orten am Ufer des Sognefjords stehen Stabkirchen, in Urnes steht die älteste überhaupt erhaltene, eine weitere in Kaupanger.Noch bedeutender ist die Stabkirche von Borgund, 30 Kilometer flussaufwärts des Fjordhafens Lærdalsøyri.Die kleinste Stabkirche Skandinaviens (mit rund 40 Sitzplätzen) ist die Stabkirche Undredal.Auch die Stabkirche Hopperstad in der Gemeinde Vik gehört … [16] The foundry pool was probably originally open, but was recently covered. This refers to Joh. As Bugge writes, Christian authority may have come to terms with such pagan and "wild scenes" in the church building because the rift could be interpreted as a struggle between good and evil, in line with Christianity; in Christian medieval art, the dragon was often used as a symbol of the devil himself. Gol Stave Church 1204-05, previously assumed 1170-1309. Drawing of Reinli Stave Church by Georg Andreas Bull, ca. For full list, see article in Norwegian wiki: no:Liste over tapte palisadekirker, stolpekirker og stavkirker. [32], Lack of historical evidence for hofs as buildings undermines the hof theory. [33] Nicolaysen also introduced the community centre hypothesis which argued that hofs were destroyed and churches constructed on the same convenient location for the local community. [3] The intervening staves rise from the ground sills; each is tongued and grooved, to interlock with its neighbours and form a sturdy wall.[4]. Its walls are formed by vertical wooden boards, or staves, hence the name "stave church." It has now been proven that the reused building parts originally belonged to the current church's forerunner, dendrochronologically dated to the period 1070-1080. He points out that the youngest churches in the Mør type are the largest. [10] The dragons on top of the church were often used as a form of drainage. [5], Of buildings from the Middle Ages with standing timber in load-bearing structures, only the churches in the last developed method of construction, the stave, have been left standing in our time. Another reads "Ave Maria". [9] According to Håkon Christie, these churches of the Mør type had a simpler construction and were both larger and longer than the other types. Note: Several sections of this article have been translated from its Norwegian version. Other researchers believe that the portals are inspired by English art. A research problem has been the portal's iconography. The carvings are very weather-beaten tarred and thus difficult to decipher, and there is disagreement about what they symbolize. In Denmark, traces of post churches have been found at several locations, and there are also parts still in existence from some of them. [41] In the Sogn-Valdres portals we do not find the lion. The main part of the portals is Romanesque and lacks Gothic features. [17] At the church, the dragon heads are placed on the ridge ridges on the nave and the roof rider's lower roof ledge. However, this was not a post church, but a real stave church where corner poles and wall planks stood on sleepers. Palisade churches have not been proven in Norway. This article is about the stave church in Lærdal, Norway. Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe : Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions. Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 24 mrt 2021 om 17:39. Many of the church roofs are lined with dragon carvings, while inside, intricately-carved portals retell ancient tales. The plank is now on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen and an attempt at reconstructing the church is a featured display at the Moesgård Museum near Aarhus. … Continue reading "What is a fjord" During 1950–1970 post holes from older buildings were discovered under Lom stave church as well as under masonry churches such as Kinsarvik Church,[13] and this discovery was an important contribution to understanding the origin of stave churches. [13], A local story tells that once upon a time there was a stuffed reindeer inside the church, shot during a mass. Gol New Stave Church (replica), a replica erected in the 1990s at site in the community from which, Haltdalen Stave Church (replica), a copy of the old church at, Þórarinsstaðir archaeological excavation in, This page was last edited on 13 April 2021, at 05:47. Urnes stave church. Surrounded by steep hills and stunning waterfalls, Skjolden is located at the head Sognefjord--the world's longest navigable fjord. Urnes Stave Church , the oldest of Norway's stave churches, is included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The crosses also reappear as less ornate braces along the church walls. [8] Scissor beam roof construction is typical of most stave churches.[9]. A travelogue from 1668 confirms the story, at least to some extent, as it states that the animal was shot during a sermon "when it marched like a wizard in front of the other animal carcasses".[15]. «Da Fortidsminnesmerkeforeningen reddet stavkirkene». [34], Stave churches appear to sometimes to have built upon or used materials from old pagan worship sites and are considered to be the best evidence for the existence of Norse Pagan temples and the best guide as to what they looked like. [2], Many of the earliest churches in Norway were built with this technique, but no such buildings have survived into our time. Urnes Stave Church (Norway) Vézelay, Church and Hill (France) Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) # 1980. The style was assumed to be transferred via Anglo-Saxon and Irish architecture, where only the particular roof construction was local. The wall plates support the roof trusses, consisting of a pair of principal rafters and an additional pair of intersecting "scissor rafters". Fire, storm, avalanche and decay were other reasons. Several windows, including two large windows that were installed on the north and south sides in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, as well as a ceiling over the chancel, were also removed. In written sources from the Middle Ages, there is a clear distinction between "stafr" (posts) and "þili" or "vægþili" (wall boards). One of the exceptions is the Christian motifs found on the west portal[38] from the torn Hemsedal stave church, which shows St. Olav's martyrdom and status as a Christlike saint.[39]. [10], Stave churches were once common in northern Europe. These stories are also the background for all the bestiaries that are preserved in various libraries and collections. The whole structure consists of frames – a sill frame resting on the stone foundation, and the four wall frames made up of sills, corner posts and wall plate. He estimated the cross arms of Volda Stave Church at 7.3 × 6 meters. Aaraas, Margrethe Henden; Djupedal, Torkjell; Vengen, Sigurd og Førsund, Finn Borgen (2000). Gol Stave Church. Archaeological sites and dismantled churches. She refers to Bernhard of Clairvaux, who opposed the use of animals in the Christian context. Other notable places are Maria Minor church in Lund, with its traces of a post church with palisades, and some old parts of Hemse stave church on Gotland. The interior choir walls have engraved figures and runes that probably date from the Middle Ages. Dietrichson believed that the stave churches were closely connected to the hof and the "hof theory" attracted interest in the 1930–1940s. [16], According to Norway's oldest written laws and Old Norwegian Homily Book, the consecration of the church was valid as long as the four corner posts were standing. Some of the older materials found in several of the stave churches have been thought to originate from such early pillar churches. The drawing is slightly erroneous, as the sill under the church floor is missing. Hauglid called these "the ordinary Norwegian stave church". Those with the raised roof, Type B, are often further divided into two subgroups. However, it is an open question whether limited life was the reason why they were replaced by real stave churches with sleepers, or if there were other reasons. In the tympanum field, a white dove hovers on a blue background. To prevent this, the posts were placed on top of large stones, significantly increasing their lifespans. Yet they are the most susceptible to humidity, and as people back then reused building parts, the church may have been rebuilt several times. [46] These stone churches were often built after the stave churches in the same places had become too small. Apart from different foundation methods, Jensenius believes that the pillar churches were mainly like a stave church. According to Snorre Sturlason's works, Sogn is said to have been Christianized as early as 997, almost two hundred years before the church was founded, but several researchers believe that the population often dwelt on the Norse gods and kept to pagan tradition and faith well into Christian times. Two names are credited above the rest for bringing Christianity to Norway: Olav Tryggvason and Olav Haraldsson. The medieval interior of the stave church is almost untouched. In England, there is one similar church of Saxon origin, with much debate as to whether it is a stave church or predates them. [13] Masonry churches were mostly built in towns, along the coast, and in rich agricultural areas in Trøndelag and East Norway, as well as in the larger parishes in fjord districts in Western Norway. In Skåne alone there were around 300 such churches when Adam of Bremen visited Denmark in the first half of the 11th century, but how many of those were stave churches or post churches is unknown. [12] The painting on the altarpiece shows the crucifixion in the middle, flanked by the Virgin Mary on the left and John the Baptist on the right. In other places they are of a more free form and built for display. [40] The large animal has been interpreted as a lion. Pope Gregory I encouraged (year 601) Augustine of Canterbury to reuse pre-Christian temples, but this had little relevance for Norway according to Nicolaysen. The double interval provides free access from the south portal to the church's central compartment, which would otherwise have been obstructed by the middle bar. Hjørundfjord Stave Church was a "half-cross church" with only one cross arm measuring 7.9 × 9.1 meters. Håkon Christie drawing of Borgund Stave Church, Drawing of Borgund stave church by G. A. to supplement the documentation of the stave churches as a basis for research and reconstruction of lost parts. He calculated the ground plan and area for 79 churches, and the nine largest were all in Sunnmøre with Hjørundfjord, Volda and Norddal of over 280 m². Log building is younger than stave building in Norway and was introduced in residential buildings around year 1000. Holtålen stave church, drawing by Håkon Christie. It… Almost half of the Jostedalsbreen National Park is covered by the Jostedalsbreen glacier, which is … A stave church has a lower construction set on a frame, whereas a post church has earth-bound posts. The antlers of the animal remained in the church when the animal was removed. 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