Klockringningsscen

Unknown (Swedish)

Item type:

mural

Date of creation:

15th century

Technique / Medium:

mural al secco

Place of creation:

Stockholms Lan (Sverige)

School:

Mälar Valley School

Additional titles

Description

The detail picture shows a deacon ringing a bell below which a group of people under the protection of an angel are praying. The Deacon is ringing a prime bell, a bell that is also used to mark the most important moment during the Catholic Mass when, according to the theory of transubstantiation, the wafer is transformed into the body of Christ.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381] (the clapper can be clearly seen and is hung by the ring or the crown on the axle swinging in two parallel, vertical bars; attached to the crown of the bell or to the headstock is an arm from which hangs a long rope; by pulling this rope the deacon sets the bell in motion.)

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) 135-36. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

Notes

In this motif, prime comes from the Latin prima hora, the first hour, i.e. the second of the seven canonical hours of the divine office, originally fixed for the first hour of the day, at sunrise.

RIdIM record id

2437