Man med Långt Bjällerband i Livets Lyckohjul

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland
School:
Mälar Valley School

Additional titles

Man with a long band of pellet bells on the wheel of fortune

    Item location

  • Biskopskulla kyrka
    Located on the north web of the vaulting in the porch.

Description

A nobleman, dressed in tight-fitting hose and a short tunic with a belt, has a ribbon hanging round his neck. On the ribbon there are at least fifteen pellet bells.

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) 87. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2371