Inscriptions and Images in Secular Buildings : Examples from Renaissance Scania, Sweden, ca. 1450–1658
(2022) In International Journal of Historical Archaeology 26. p.623-646- Abstract
- This paper examines how agents inscribed their persona in buildings during the Renaissance in Scania in present-day Sweden. Through an analysis of stone tablets and timber beams with inscriptions, images, and dates, questions of identity and individuality are highlighted. The objects were often placed above doors in noble country residences or in buildings belonging to the urban elite. The paper discusses who was able to see and understand the messages communicated by the buildings, and when, how, and why the tradition of putting up this type of object on buildings emerged in a Scandinavian context.
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- author
- Hansson, Martin LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-09-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Inscriptions, Individuality, Renaissance buildings, Scania, Denmark
- in
- International Journal of Historical Archaeology
- volume
- 26
- pages
- 23 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85109181049
- ISSN
- 1573-7748
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10761-021-00616-5
- project
- In the shadow of the family – lineage and personality in Late Medieval Scandinavia
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 0e41e89a-36e4-42af-b318-84c326692a5d
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- 2021-06-30 10:06:54
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- 2022-12-09 01:26:37
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