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Vita kyrkoväggar - myten om kalkmålningarna och reformationen

Wienberg, Jes LU orcid (2023) In ALE 2023(4). p.1-15
Abstract
It is a myth, that the medieval ecclesiastic wall-paintings were whitewashed during the Reformation. The myth lives on, as it is perceived as a simple explanation of the contrast between the white church walls and vaults at e.g. Saint Peter in Malmö and the colorful wall-paintings of the chapel of the vendors there. The myth also finds support in some literature and on webpages, although it has been known since the end of the 19th century, that the tradition of paintings continued after the Reformation, as it is known from the town church of Ronneby 1586, and the tradition first died out in the period 1650–1800. The whitewashing took place over an extended period from the 16th century into the 19th century, when the images had become old,... (More)
It is a myth, that the medieval ecclesiastic wall-paintings were whitewashed during the Reformation. The myth lives on, as it is perceived as a simple explanation of the contrast between the white church walls and vaults at e.g. Saint Peter in Malmö and the colorful wall-paintings of the chapel of the vendors there. The myth also finds support in some literature and on webpages, although it has been known since the end of the 19th century, that the tradition of paintings continued after the Reformation, as it is known from the town church of Ronneby 1586, and the tradition first died out in the period 1650–1800. The whitewashing took place over an extended period from the 16th century into the 19th century, when the images had become old, outdated and dirty. In Malmö, however, the images were whitewashed as early as in 1555 and in Halmstad in the 1580s, perhaps because of so-called crypto-calvinistic tendencies.

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Abstract (Swedish)
Det är en myt, att de medeltida kalkmålningarna överkalkades vid reformationen. Myten lever, då det är en enkel förklaring till kontrasten mellan vitkalkade väggar och valv i exempelvis S:t Petri kyrka i Malmö och Krämarkapellets färgrika kalkmålningar i samma kyrka. Myten finner även stöd i en del litteratur och på hemsidor, trots att det är känt sedan 1800-talets slut att traditionen med kalkmålningar fortsatte efter reformationen, t.ex. i stadskyrkan i Ronneby 1586. Traditionen dog först ut under perioden 1650–1800. Och vitkalkningen skedde under en längre period från 1500-talet och in på 1800-talet, i många fall när bilderna hade blivit gamla, omoderna och smutsiga. I Malmö överkalkades bilderna dock redan 1555 och i Halmstad på... (More)
Det är en myt, att de medeltida kalkmålningarna överkalkades vid reformationen. Myten lever, då det är en enkel förklaring till kontrasten mellan vitkalkade väggar och valv i exempelvis S:t Petri kyrka i Malmö och Krämarkapellets färgrika kalkmålningar i samma kyrka. Myten finner även stöd i en del litteratur och på hemsidor, trots att det är känt sedan 1800-talets slut att traditionen med kalkmålningar fortsatte efter reformationen, t.ex. i stadskyrkan i Ronneby 1586. Traditionen dog först ut under perioden 1650–1800. Och vitkalkningen skedde under en längre period från 1500-talet och in på 1800-talet, i många fall när bilderna hade blivit gamla, omoderna och smutsiga. I Malmö överkalkades bilderna dock redan 1555 och i Halmstad på 1580-talet. (Less)
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2023
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4
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1 - 15
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De skånska landskapens historiska och arkeologiska förening
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0345-0708
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Swedish
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yes
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47413553-7a29-47ff-b69a-86ab1c23d5c0
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