The Skog tapestry (Swedish: Skogbonaden or Skogtapeten) is a medieval textile work of art which was discovered in Skog Church in Sweden in 1912. Its subject...
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Freyr (section Skog tapestry)
at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. A part of the Swedish Skog tapestry depicts three figures that have been interpreted as allusions to Odin...
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The Skog tapestry, also from Sweden but probably early 14th-century, is comparable in style. The most famous frieze hanging is the Bayeux Tapestry, actually...
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tapestries are on display in a specially designed room at Jamtli, the regional museum of Jämtland and Härjedalen in Östersund. Grödinge tapestry Skog...
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(1999), From Pagan to Christian: The Story in the 12th-Century Tapestry of the Skog Church de Vries 1970, p. 93. Davidson 1990, p. 147. de Vries 1970...
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13th-century tapestry from Skog Church, the Skog tapestry. It was found in 1912, wrapped around a bridal crown. Another tapestry is the Grödinge tapestry. The...
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Three figures on the Skog tapestry; they have been interpreted as the Norse gods Odin (one eye), Thor (hammer in hand) and Freyr....
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Graal tapestries are a set of six tapestries depicting scenes from the legend of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail. The tapestries were commissioned...
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Three kings on the contemporary Skog tapestry have been thought by historians Lagerqvist and Åberg possibly to allude to the Scandinavian summit meeting...
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The Adoration of the Magi is a Morris & Co. tapestry depicting the story in Christianity of the Three Kings who were guided to the birthplace of Jesus...
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