RÖKELSEKAR av brons från okänd kyrka i Västergötland. (GM:146)
RÖKELSEKAR av brons från Resteröds kyrka i Bohuslän. (GM:514)
DEN HELIGA BIRGITTA. Träskulptur från Torsby kyrka i Bohuslän, gjord omkring år 1500. (GM:268)
ÄRKEÄNGELN MIKAEL besegrar draken. Träskulptur som föreställer en biblisk berättelse. Gjord i Västsverige troligen på 1400-talet. (GM:339)
PILGRIMSMÄRKE från Vadstena, som föreställer den heliga Birgitta. Hittat i Nya Lödöse. (NL:1918:809)
HALSBAND AV TRÄKULOR. Kan vara ett radband, en så kallad rosenkrans som används vid bön i den katolska kyrkan. Hittat i en grav i Nya Lödöse. (GSMS:130001:2)
KRUCIFIX. En amulett som kan hänga i en kedja runt halsen. (GSMS:130001:5)
BILD. Foto av medeltida notblad. (GM:1370)
The church in Nya Lödöse was the town's largest building and the only one built of stone. Townspeople went there for worship and christenings, weddings and funerals or to seek comfort. Inside this catholic church stood wooden sculptures representing holy saints. But the religion would undergo change. During the 1500s the monarchy introduced a new form of Christianity - Protestantism. Step by step the rituals in the stone church were altered. The priests stopped using the old language, Latin. They stopped burning incense in the censer. It became forbidden to ask the saints for help.
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BRONZE CENSER from an unknown church in Västergötland. (GM:146)
BRONZE CENSER from Resteröd Church in Bohuslän. (GM:514)
ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN. Wooden sculpture from Torsby Church in Bohuslän, made in about 1500. (GM:268)
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL defeating the dragon. Wooden sculpture depicting a Bible story. Made in western Sweden, probably in the 1400s. (GM:339)
PILGRIM BADGE from Vadstena, depicting St. Bridget of Sweden. Found in Nya Lödöse. (NL:1918:809)
NECKLACE OF ROUND WOODEN BEADS. May have been prayer bead called a rosary, which was used in the Catholic Church while praying. Found in a grave in Nya Lödöse. (GSMS:130001:2)
CRUCIFIX. An amulet that can hang on a chain around the wearer's neck. (GSMS:130001:5)
IMAGE. Photo of medieval sheet music. (GM:1370)