Man med Horn

Unknown (Swedish)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

early 13th century

Technique / Medium:

wrought iron

Place of creation:

Uppland

Additional titles

Description

On the right of the door, just below the upper hinge, there is a man with a large horn, three quarters of his own height, which he holds in his left hand with the point down and the opening held to his face.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]

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) 120-21. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

On the door of the porch, there are various stylized figures in wrought iron, among them birds and six large quadrupeds. The interpretation of the figures is rendered difficult by the fact that the different parts of the wrought ironwork, which are older than the door itself, were taken from their original places and moved around at various times before finishing up in their present position on the door of the porch.

RIdIM record id

2419