Árbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags

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Árbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags - 01.01.1969, Side 52

Árbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags - 01.01.1969, Side 52
56 ÁRBÓK FORNLEIFAFÉLAGSINS style“ in her recent great work on Icelandic woodcarving (Bibliotheca Arnamagnæ- ana, Suppl. V—VI, Copenhagen 1967). To quote Dr. Mageroy: „The expression „Ice- landic style“ denotes a characteristic plant ornamentation which remained oddly unchanged for centuries. Typical features are that the branches roll up into more or less complete spirals, and that the small branches cut across the bigger and curl around them. There are often animals amongst the scrolls. The leaves are small with several lobes, and are often numerous. A three-lobed leaf is very common, the middle lobe being broad and rounded, the two outer ones narrower and more pointed. This type of leaf occurs on both the Grund chairs. These apart, there is no ornamentation in „Icelandic style“ in pre-Reformation woodwork, though it occurs on drinking horns, textiles and not least among the miniatures in manuscripts“. The absence of the „Icelandic style" in woodcarving is certainly due to the almost complete lack of preserved woodwork from the 14th and 15th centuries. Dr. Mageroy did not know any piece which could be dated to the 15th century. The newly discovered fragment from Skjaldfönn helps to fill this gap since it in all likelihood should be dated to that period. The closest parallels to the carving are among the drawings in the famous sketchbook in the Arna- magnaean Collection, a work very likely to be dated to the first half of the 15th century. The panel shows that the „Icelandic style" was no less fit for decora- tions on wood than other materials. Though the panel was discovered on an ordinary farm, the thing of which it is a fragment must certainly originally have belonged to some rich place, such as for instance Vatnsfjörður.
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