History of mediæval art . Fig. 242.—Plan and View of the Church of Urnes. rounded by a low and narrow corridor like a cloister (Lof), the lean-to roof of which is supported upon ranges of diminutive passage is interrupted on the front and sides by projectingportals. The walls of the church, formed of upright boards andbeams, are thus hidden from view and protected from the influencesof the weather. The arrangement of the roofs is pyramidal, thelean-to roof of the aisles and choir rising above that of the sur- SCANDINAVIA. 393 rounding passage, while the steep saddle-roof of the na
History of mediæval art . Fig. 242.—Plan and View of the Church of Urnes. rounded by a low and narrow corridor like a cloister (Lof), the lean-to roof of which is supported upon ranges of diminutive passage is interrupted on the front and sides by projectingportals. The walls of the church, formed of upright boards andbeams, are thus hidden from view and protected from the influencesof the weather. The arrangement of the roofs is pyramidal, thelean-to roof of the aisles and choir rising above that of the sur- SCANDINAVIA. 393 rounding passage, while the steep saddle-roof of the nave is sur-mounted by a small ridge turret, serving as a belfry. The narrowwall-surfaces between these roofs are covered, like them, with shin-. Fig. 243.—Plan and View of the Church of Borgund. gles. The interior is less attractive. The windows are few andsmall of size, and the tall beams which serve as supports are with-out memberment and organic connection; the roof timberings andceiling panels are not decorated, carvings in relief, like those of 394 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMANIC EPOCH. the portals, being restricted in the interior to the cubical the churches of Urnes and Borgund the boarded ceilings, whichare similar in form to barrel-vaults, or, to speak more correctly, tothe plankings of a ship, are decorated in color but not carved; thesame is the case with the horizontal ceiling of boards in the churchat Hitterdal. The carvings are of interwoven patterns, resembling those of Ire-land, but the imitation of the braided work is here less direct. Thestraps differ in thickness, the larger parts often taking the forms offantastic animals; they are not arranged according to any conven-tional system, but solely wit
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