Faglige interesser:
- Tekstilkunst og liturgiske tekstiler
- Materialitet
- Middelalderens estetikk
- Det hellige og det profane
- Trykte bilder i tidligmoderne tid
- Tekstil i samtidskunsten
PhD project
Wrapping the sacred – a study of the materiality and religious significance of ecclesiastical textiles from late medieval Scandinavia, c. 1400 – 1550.
A large number of medieval ecclesiastical textiles are preserved from churches and cathedrals across Scandinavia. These textiles must be contextualised and understood as objects of meaning within the broader field of medieval art history. Although research has been conducted on the technical aspects of ecclesiastical textiles, mainly their techniques, provenance and dating, and their relationship to the broader medieval textile production, few studies have focused on how these textiles functioned as worn clothing and liturgical objects within the medieval church. Alfred Gell has argued that practices of wrapping objects, spaces and bodies are symbolic techniques for protecting and controlling the sacred. The purpose of this study is to explore how ecclesiastical textiles constructed sacred space and sacred bodies in late medieval Scandinavia. The study intends to research how the preserved textiles were used as textile wrappings, and how these strategies of wrapping relate to concepts of sacred space and sacred bodies.
