Norwegian Epitaphs 1550-1700
Contexts and Interpretations
edited by Arne Bugge Amundsen, Hallgeir Elstad and Tarald Rasmussen
As part of a detailed introduction to the post-Reformation church topography of Norway, some 140 epitaphs preserved in all parts of Norway from the period 1550 to 1700 are documented with illustrations, descriptions and short biographies. The book contains numerous illustrations of the epitaphs, transcriptions, and translations into English.
The aim of this book is to present and contextualise 136 epitaphs from the period 1550 to 1700 preserved in all parts of Norway. They are documented with illustrations, de-scriptions and short biographies. The volume contains transcriptions of all inscriptions as well as their translation into English. Unlike in the Reformed areas of Europe, the epitaph genre was particularly popular in post-Reformation Lutheranism, so it was in Norway. In addition to a comprehensive introduction to the cultural, social and geographical context of epitaphs, the volume offers a detailed insight into the (self-)representation of the elites who commissioned these epitaphs. It also names the most important artists who were entrusted with the production of the epitaphs in Norway. The main part of the volume is a detailed presentation of the surviving epitaphs in Norway’s four early modern bishoprics. Pictorial motifs, inscriptions and biographical studies are included in the interpretation.
- By (author) Arne Bugge Amundsen
- By (author) Hallgeir Elstad
- By (author) Tarald Rasmussen
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