Carved Panel from Flatatunga

From a reference book: Four carved fjali from the old farm in Flatatunga. That farm was demolished in 1952. These are four fragments of fjali with carved images of saints and decoration in the Ringling style. The fjali have original nail holes, which show that they were originally used as a base for images and not as panels. It has been argued that these are the remains of a large carved image of Christ and the apostles that adorned Hóla ​​Cathedral during the time of Saint John the Evangelist in the early 12th century. These icons are considered the oldest of their kind in the Nordic countries. See about these parts in Kuml og heugfé and “Carved Panels from Flatatunga, Iceland, by Kristján Eldjárn, Reykjavík in ,, Acta Arvhaeologica”, vol XXIV, 1953, pp. 81-101. Furthermore, the book by Harður Ágústsson, Judgment Day and the Holy Men of Hólar, Reykjavík 1989. Source. (Via Google translate.)

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