St. Martin med Bjällerbehängd Häst

Rosenrod, Johannes (active ca. 1435-1440)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
1437
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Tensta, Sverige

Additional titles

St. Martin riding a horse with pellet bells on its harness

    Item location

  • Tensta kyrka
    Located on the east wall, south side of the chancel arch.

Description

The Roman soldier St. Martin is shown on horseback. There are four pellet bells hanging from the horse's harness.

People as subjects

St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-ca. 397)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381] (pellet bells)

Bibliographic references

Barth Magnus, Ingebjørg and Birgit Kjellström. Musikmotiv i svensk kyrkokonst: Uppland fram till 1625 = Musical Motifs in Swedish Church Art: The Region of Uppland up to 1625. Trans. by Michael Stevens (Stockholm: Svenska RIdIM-kommittén; Statens musiksamlingar, 1993) 272. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2337