Livets Lyckohjul

Unknown (Swedish)


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

Additional titles

The wheel of fortune

    Item location

  • Gamla Uppsala kyrka
    Located on the inside of the western arch supporting the tower.

Description

The Wheel of Fortune is shown on a field which is covered with lilies and framed by borders. Riding on the wheel on the way to the top is a young man trailing on a long ribbon with a large tassel at the end and fourteen pellet bells arranged in pairs, seven on each side.

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) 137-38. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2473