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Brönnestad Church

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The murals adorning the two vaults in the nave are in contrast to the ones in the chancel narrative, depicting identifiable scenes mostly from the life of Christ, but also two legends about the life of Christ not found in the Bible. In total there are eight major narrative scenes in the two vaults of
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The two vaults of the nave and the vault of the chancel are all decorated with murals from the 15th century. At some point, possibly during the 18th century, they were covered with a layer of
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and their existence eventually forgotten. In 1935, they were discovered again, but mainly due to a lack of funds no work to uncover and restore them was made until 1980. In that year
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The murals in the chancel depict single saints with their attributes, depicted together in pairs. The saints depicted include ancient Christian martyrs such as
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of the church date from the 15th century. A major restoration was carried out between 1935 and 1936, and again between 1980 and 1981, when the
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in 1871. The church was also enlarged to the west during the 15th century, towards the north in the 1690s and to the east in 1734. The
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of the church was built between 1491 and 1492, and is one of only nine such belfries in Scania. The church never had a tower.
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with the infant Christ and flanked by two musicians, at least one of which appears to be an angel.
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of some of the more common subjects also differs from the way they were ordinarily represented.
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the nave, and several smaller paintings. The two non-Biblical legends are an
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is the oldest, dating from the construction period of the church. The
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unusual for a Swedish context. They were rediscovered under layers of
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is from the 15th century, and similar in style to rood crosses from
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date from the second half of the 18th century and were made by
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The overall composition of the murals is typical for
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Brönnestad Church is located in Skåne
Brönnestad Church is located in Sweden
Brönnestad Church is located in Europe
56°04′48″N 13°41′53″E / 56.08000°N 13.69806°E / 56.08000; 13.69806
Sweden
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Swedish
Brönnestad
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Hässleholm Municipality
murals
iconographically
whitewash
nave
chancel
church porch
transept
vaults
medieval murals
belfry
baptismal font
rood cross
Farstorp
Nymö
Stiby
altarpiece
pulpit
Johan Ullberg

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