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Täby Church

Field	Value
name	Täby Church
native_name	Täby kyrka
native_name_lang	Swedish
image	Taby view1.jpg
imagesize	200px
caption	External view of the church
location	Täby kyrkby
country	Sweden
denomination	Church of Sweden
parish	Täby
diocese	Stockholm

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Täby Church () is a medieval church in Täby Municipality, in the province of Uppland north of Stockholm. The church is best known for its painted walls and ceilings by Albertus Pictor."Täby kyrka" , FormOnLine. Retrieved 30 August 2013.

History

The church was built during the second half of the 13th century. It was first constructed as a square hall church. In the mid-14th century a vestry was added and about 100 years later the church porch was built. During the second half of the 15th century, the flat wooden ceiling was replaced by a vaulted ceiling. The altarpiece dates from the 1470s. A runestone is immured in the church porch.

Paintings

The church is decorated with mural paintings by Albertus Pictor, one of Sweden's preeminent medieval painters, who died in 1511. Pictor's ceiling frescos are from the 1480s and, unlike many of his other works, were never whitewashed over. They include a picture of a man playing chess with Death, a motif that inspired Ingmar Bergman to a famous scene in the movie The Seventh Seal. The motif is very unusual, known only from one other source.

The main inspiration for the paintings was Biblia Pauperum, a collection of events from the Holy Bible. The church, together with the frescos, was comprehensively restored in 1994.

Furnishings

The altarpiece from the 1470s depicts the Golgotha scene and is flanked by a sculpture of St. Olof. The pulpit is from the 1630s and was originally placed in the chapel of the former Castle of Stockholm.

Gallery

File:Taby kyrka altar.jpg|Interior view towards the altar File:Taby kyrka ceiling painting3.jpg|The decorated vaults File:Runsten inmurad i kyrkogrunden.jpg|Runestone immured in the church porch

References

sv Retrieved 30 August 2013.
(2012). "Det Medeltida Uppland. En arkeologisk guidebok". Historiska Media.

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