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title: Decorated Portal of Urnes Stave Church
author: Micha L. Rieser
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9350/decorated-portal-of-urnes-stave-church/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Decorated Portal of Urnes Stave Church

_Authored by Micha L. Rieser_

## Image File

[![Decorated Portal of Urnes Stave Church](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9350.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9350.jpg)

## Image Caption

Detail of a wooden panel from the portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, which is decorated in the eponymous Urnes style animal ornamentation. The last of the animal ornamentation styles of the [Viking Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/29/the-viking-age/), the Urnes style featured very elegant motifs of great beasts and interweaving loops and tendrils. It was popular from c. 1040 until at least 1100 CE, also in [Viking](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vikings/) colonies such as the one in [Ireland](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Ireland/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Rieser, M. L. (2018, October 18). Decorated Portal of Urnes Stave Church. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9350/decorated-portal-of-urnes-stave-church/>
### Chicago
Rieser, Micha L.. "Decorated Portal of Urnes Stave Church." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 18, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9350/decorated-portal-of-urnes-stave-church/>.
### MLA
Rieser, Micha L.. "Decorated Portal of Urnes Stave Church." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Oct 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9350/decorated-portal-of-urnes-stave-church/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stave_church_Urnes,_craving_detail_1.jpg) by [**Micha L. Rieser**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stave_church_Urnes,_craving_detail_1.jpg). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 18 October 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.