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1	Heraldica Liturgicae : Liturgisk heraldik i två svenska sockenkyrkor på senmedeltiden Särnqvist, Zakharias January 2023 (has links) This study looks at the roles and functions of heraldry in two parish churches in medieval Sweden. The study does this by hermeneutically relating the extant heraldic inventories of the churches to their historical contexts, specifically the view of the church as a multidimensional space and the understanding of the church as part of a constructed social landscape. Furthermore, the study aims to determine the relationship between heraldic art in churches and the legal relationship between that church and the armiger. These legal relationships include that of a bishop to his canon collegiate, the king to the church, and the patronus to his church. Lastly the study also attempts to determine the extent of the liturgical role of heraldry in these two churches by relating the extant heraldic inventories of the churches to the local liturgy of the early 16th century. The results show that heraldry has been used to legitimise power and give a sense of continuity in the transfer of power over the churches. The heraldry has also been found to express piety by allowing the armiger to be heraldically present within the chancel and in liturgical connection to the Eucharist. The study makes no explicit link between any form of heraldry in the church and any particular legal relationship to said church, but maintains that the award of patronage over a church and of having heraldic presence in a church both stem from donations to the church and its works. The study links the liturgical role of heraldry in the burial rite of a knight with St. Briget of Sweden’s view of the knights shield as a symbol for their vow to protect the church and her ideals. The subsequent tradition of mounting a deceased knight’s shield in the church is then interpreted as a continual sign of that vow and of the knight’s continued heraldic presence withing the parish. The presence of arma Christi within the extant heraldic inventories can be interpreted as a manifestation of the ideals of the church, while other coats of arms are subservient to that of the Christ. Arma Christi furthermore serve to legitimise heraldic presence as mystical presence in a way similar to liturgical icons. Heraldry liturgics jus patronatus church murals 16th century multidimensionality social landscapes Rasbo Ängsö Heraldik liturgik patronatsrätt kalkmålning 1500-tal mångdimensionalitet sociala landskap Rasbo Ängsö Religious Studies Religionsvetenskap
2	Medeltida medialitet : En studie om interaktionen mellan liturgi och kyrkorum i Ärentuna kyrka / Medieval Mediality : A study on the Interaction between Liturgy and Church Architecture in Ärentuna church Karlsson, Cecilia January 2023 (has links) The aim of this study is to examine intangible aspects of medieval church architecture from an art historical perspective, by using the theoretical frameworks of the theologist Alf Härdelin’s theory on multidimensionality and the philosopher of languages John Langshaw Austin’s theory on speech acts and performativity. It studies the relationship between church architecture and liturgy during the 15th century. This case study’s main material is the Upland parish church Ärentuna and the liturgical sources Missale Upsalense novum (1513) and the devotional book Siælinna thrøst (15th century). The interior of the church has been examined to understand how the church interior may have been furnished during the 15th century. During the 15th century the church had many more altars and devotion pictures than what one can see in the current furnishings of the church. There is a narratological succession in the construction of the building, as well as the iconographical motifs, from West to East, thus the meaning of it becomes increasingly sacred. In that way, the construction of the building, as well as the wall paintings converses, with the liturgy – which has its core in the choir. When laypeople entered the sacred space of the church, they perceived things in a specific order, which creates a sense of order and cohesion within the liturgy. The study found that liturgy produces meaning in the church architecture by giving a visual expression to faith through images. Through performative speech acts found in the liturgy, a multidimensional experience is created by the (theological) fact of Christ's presence in the church. The nave's paintings enhance the visitor’s experience of the church interior as an eternal heavenly presence with motifs such as the Seven days of Creation, the Ten Commandments, the Passion of Christ and finally the Last Judgment. Parish churches Liturgy Performativity Multidimensionality Scholasticism Spatiality Ärentuna church Missale Upsalense novum Själens tröst Siælinna thrøst Uppsala Diocese indulgence lay altar devotional images. Sockenkyrkor liturgi performativitet mångdimensionalitet skolastik rumslighet Ärentuna kyrka Missale Upsalense novum Själens tröst Siælinna thrøst Uppsala stift avlat lekmannalaltare andaktsbilder. Art History Konstvetenskap

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Heraldica Liturgicae : Liturgisk heraldik i två svenska sockenkyrkor på senmedeltiden

Medeltida medialitet : En studie om interaktionen mellan liturgi och kyrkorum i Ärentuna kyrka / Medieval Mediality : A study on the Interaction between Liturgy and Church Architecture in Ärentuna church