Ridder i Södra Råda gamle kyrka 1323, med type II plata. Beskåret og korrigert. Foto: Sven Rosborn CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Sodra Rеda Old Church
Vдrmland, Sweden
c. 1310 - 12 November 2001
The medieval paintings had survived, and covered the walls and ceiling. In addition, inscriptions in the chancel and nave showed when they were executed. Stylistically, the chancel paintings, from 1323, were strongly influenced by French high Gothic art, particularly manuscript illumination. The scene above illustrates the martyrdom of St. Hypolitus.
Detail of a painting from 1323 illustrating the martyrdom of St. Hippolytus. The soldier on the left is wearing a mail coif similar to those found in the Korsbetningen mass graves. His kettle hat appears to be made of sections like a helmet found in Norway in 1898, now in the Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm. Note the coat of plates worn by his companion
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Södra Råda Old Church (Swedish: Södra Råda gamla kyrka) was an early 14th-century timbered church in the parish of Södra Råda in Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland in Sweden.
The paintings covering the walls and the trefoil-shaped wooden ceiling of the church were considered one of the best and best-preserved examples of Scandinavian wall-painting from the Middle Ages. The oldest, anonymous, paintings in the chancel dated to 1323.