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ÞJÓÐMINJASAFN ÍSLANDS, REYKJAVÍK (Þjms.)
Bréfasafn Sigurðar Guðmundssonar málara
Þjms 56: 02: 53
12.júní 1874
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SUMMARY
A Benedictine monastery was founded in 1155 at Þverá in Eyjafjörður, north Iceland.
This gave rise to the place-name Munkaþverá („Monks' Þverá“). Few written sources
exist referring to the buildings on the site from its foundation until the Reformation.
The earliest written sources which mention the monastic complex date to around 1526,
only 24 years before the Reformation took effect in the see of Hólar.
The documents from around 1526 suggest that the church had a cruciform plan with
a sacristy and an extra chapel. Its interior decoration was very elaborate with three or
perhaps four altars in addition to the main altar and several dozens of sculptures and
paintings of saints.