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Historical Archive: University Museum of Bergen


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smoothing board? 9th-10th c. whalebone, fr. Grytøy, Trondenes, Bergen
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Viking game materials, left: glass pieces and bone dice fr. Nes, Hamarøy, Nordland; right: amber pieces fr. Gunnarshaug, Karmøy, Rogaland; Bergen. Not available in high resolution.
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reconstruction: Viking woman wearing trefoil and tortoise brooches
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soapstone column base (left restored) fr. Munkeliv Abbey church crypt, Bergen, 1100-50, Bergen MA 355
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monster head: soapstone column base fr. Munkeliv Abbey
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Virgin fr. Urnes stave church, around 1150-1200, Bergen MA 46, which has its own page
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church model fr. Borgund, wood, prob. crowned tabernacle shrine, 13th c. Norway, Bergen MA 288
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church model fr. Borgund, oblique
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door fitting fr. Flæte stave church, Arnafjord, wrought iron/copper, 13th c.?: dragon heads, unicorns, pig, lion, horses, bird; Bergen MA 281a or b
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portal jambs, door fr. Ulvik stave church, Hardanger, pine w. iron (lock plate later), c.1200, Bergen MA 38 a-c
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portal jambs, door fr. Ulvik stave church: iron fittings, jamb sculpture
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portal jambs, door fr. Ulvik stave church: oblique
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soapstone baptismal font fr. Os, Hordaland, 1225-50, Bergen MA 37
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soapstone baptismal font fr. Os: man trampling toad, serpent; lion; bishop
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soapstone baptismal font fr. Os: basin
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reliquary fr. Filefjell, copper gilt, Norway 1230-50, Bergen MA 52, which has its own page
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altar baldachin fr. Årdal, painted pine 1275-1300, Bergen 131: Crucifixion w. Peter/Paul, Christ enthroned, Virgin and Child w. St. Margaret of Antioch
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iron chandelier fr. Jondal in Hardanger, "Gothic" (14th c.?), Bergen
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iron chandelier fr. Jondal, circlet
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Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page
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gryphon gripping knight, copper alloy aquamanile fr. Strinda, c.1300-1350, Bergen MA 67
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gryphon gripping knight aquamanile, oblique
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gryphon gripping knight aquamanile, knight
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St. Olav triumphant over paganism, oak w. polychromy, altar dossal fr. Austevoll c.1425-50, Bergen MA 284
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St. Olav triumphant over paganism: oblique
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St. Olav triumphant over paganism: dragon/paganism (pre-conversion Olav)
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fur chasuble, 1627, used around Hol in Buskerud high mountains, Bergen
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Sami vetical loom fr Olderdalen, Lyngen (north Norway), prob. 20th c., Bergen x. 135.00a