Since there is ample information about the motifs and the carving of the door, both on the internet and in handbooks on medieval wood carving, I only publish here a couple of details. The door is now exhibited in the National Museum of Iceland.
Monday, 24 July 2017
Medieval wood carving from Iceland
Valþjóðstaðarhurð, the door from the Church in Valthjódstadir, is one of the finest pieces of Icelandic wood carving - and one of the oldest samplest that we have from the Middle Ages. It is dated approximately 1200.
Since there is ample information about the motifs and the carving of the door, both on the internet and in handbooks on medieval wood carving, I only publish here a couple of details. The door is now exhibited in the National Museum of Iceland.
Since there is ample information about the motifs and the carving of the door, both on the internet and in handbooks on medieval wood carving, I only publish here a couple of details. The door is now exhibited in the National Museum of Iceland.
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