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stave churchType of medieval Norwegian wooden church. The stone foundation supports four horizontal wooden members, from which rise four corner posts, or staves, which are joined together by four upper crossbeams. From this boxlike frame, timbers extend outward, supporting a series of uprights, or masts. There may be four or more ranks of masts, with an equal number of triangular frames of diminishing size rising above them. The church at Borgund (c. 1150) is one of about 24 surviving examples. Its six tiers of double-sloped roofs, shell-like exterior shingles, and elaborate carvings of dragons and other motifs give it its remarkably picturesque and vigorous appearance. |
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In Nordic stave churches, the mystery of the forest was fixed and explained as 'dark light'. Its church dates back to the first part of the twelfth century and is one of the first stone places of worship in the whole country (the first timber stave churches are a little earlier). Norwegian tradition can be traced from medieval stave churches through folk architecture, National Romanticism's dragon style, |
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