Vang stone
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| Created | Eleventh century |
| Discovered | Vang Municipality, Innlandet, Norway |
| Rundata ID | N 84 |
| Runemaster | Gása |
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Vang stone (Vangsteinen) listed as N 84 in Rundata is a runestone from the early eleventh century located at Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.[1][2]
Description
The Vang stone was erected around 1000, during the transitional period from Paganism to Christianity in Norway. It was originally located in the traditional district of Valdres. It was situated outside a stave church at Vang. Vang Stave Church was dismantled and moved to Krummhübel, Germany in 1844. At that time, the runestone was moved to its current location, outside the Vang Church (Vang kirke).[3][4]
The stone is made of an irregular slab of slate. It is 2.15m tall, up to 1.25m wide and 8–13 cm thick. The artwork on the front of the stone is in Ringerike style, and depicts ribbons, leaves and a stylized animal, allegedly a lion.[5] Although thought to be a part of a stone portal, this idea is generally not supported. In contrast to other Viking Age runestones. The runic text is not integrated with the artwork to make a unified composition, but is carved along the edge of the stone.[5]
Inscription
References
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- ^ Vangsteinen (Olavsrosa)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vangsteinen". Norsk kulturarv. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Vang kirke (Valdres) (Norske Kirkebygg)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vangsteinen: Einer der schönsten Runensteine Skandinaviens". Norwegen Service. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spurkland, Terje (2005). Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions. van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.). Boydell Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 1-84383-186-4.
Other sources
- Sawyer, Birgit (2003) The Viking-Age Rune-Stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia (Oxford University Press) Template:ISBN
- Stocklund, Marie; et al., eds. (2006) Runes and Their Secrets: Studies in Runology (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press) Template:ISBN
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