Ingrid Lunnan Nødseth
Background and activities
Academic interests:
- Medieval textile art
- Materiality
- Medieval aesthetics
- The sacred and the secular
- Early modern print culture
- Contemporary Textile Art
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.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2017) Corals, blood and precious pearls: The materiality of a late medieval textile. Konsthistorisk tidskrift. vol. 86 (3).
- (2016) English Embroidery in the Norse World. V&A Research Blog.
- (2016) Med tråder av gull. Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Embroidery, Vicatoria and Albert Museum. Kunsthåndverk. vol. 142 (4).
- (2015) Runer i kirkekunsten. Spor. vol. 1.
- (2015) Verket som ble borte – ekfrase som dokumentasjon for ettertiden. Ekfrase: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Visuell Kultur. vol. 1.
- (2013) Bildentekstilet. Årbok - Foreningen til norske fortidsminnesmerkers bevaring.
- (2013) Kunstkammeret: museum og freakshow. Tidsskriftet M. vol. #1.
- (2013) Munch og Trondheim. Kunst Pluss.
- (2013) Reframing the margins: Marginalised sculpture on Gothic cathedrals : the human face as an aspect of the marginal in the cathedrals of Reims and Trondheim. Collegium Medievale. vol. 26.
Part of book/report
- (2018) The Linköping Mitre: Ecclesiastical Textiles and Episcopal Identity. Charismatic Objects. From Roman Times to the Middle Ages.
- (2014) Til Guds Ære og kirkens prydelse: 1700-talls interiøret i Gildeskål gamle kirke. Gildeskål gamle kirke. Marmorkirka ved nordvegen.
Others
- (2018) Fant unikt teppe fra middelalderen. Gemini [Internett]. 2018-03-20.
- (2018) Alteret i kontekst: Liturgiske tekstiler i Nordens kirkerom i senmiddelalderen. Ikonografisk Symposium . Nordisk Ikonografisk Symposium; Stiklestad. 2018-09-01.
- (2018) Parchment, and Silk: Tracing Medieval Embroidery. MEMS Medieval Festival . University of Kent; Canterbury. 2018-06-16.
- (2018) Textiles in Early Medieval Stave Churches. UNESCO workshop about Urnes Stave Church . Margrete Syrstad Andås, NTNU; Urnes. 2018-09-23 - 2018-09-25.
- (2018) Nett-TV: Unikt teppe fra middelalderen ble funnet på loft. Forskning.no [TV]. 2018-03-20.
- (2017) Broderi i norrøn middelalder. Seminar om Bildentekstilet . Steinhusets venner; Hadeland. 2017-11-26 - 2017-11-26.
- (2017) Skal rekonstruere teppe fra 1100-tallet - etterlyser villsau. Avisen Hadeland [Avis]. 2017-10-26.
- (2016) En glemt tekstilarv: Silke, fløyel og gull i katedralen. Fagdag for Nidaros Domkirkes Restaureringsarbeiders ansatte . Nidaros Domkirkes Restaureringsarbeider (NDR); 2016-03-17.
- (2016) Gullengelen fra Uvdal stavkirke: Opus Anglicanum i Norden. Nordisk Ikonografisk Symposium . Nordisk Ikonografisk Symposium; Visby. 2016-08-26.
- (2016) Historisk gull og glitter. NRK Trøndelag [Tidsskrift]. 2016-04-26.
- (2016) Intervju om kledet fra Hustad kirke i 'God ettermiddag Trøndelag'. NRK Trøndelag [Radio]. 2016-04-26.
- (2016) Klær og makt. Norgesglasset, NRK P1 [Radio]. 2016-08-31.
- (2016) Refil og Tjeld. Tekstiler i middelalderen c. 1200 - 1550. Seminar for ansatte ved Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter . Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter; Verdal. 2016-04-15.
- (2016) Reframing the Margin: The Human Face as Beauty or Beast. Medieval & Early Modern Studies Festival, Kent University . Kent University and CHASE UK; Canterbury. 2016-06-16.
- (2016) Sensory Fasting and Lenten Textiles. International Medieval Congress (IMC Leeds) . University of Leeds, Centre for Medieval Studies; Leeds. 2016-07-06.
- (2016) Stiches in Time: The Reuse of Medieval Ecclesiastical Embroideries. Re: generate Postgraduate Conference . St Andrews University; St Andrews. 2016-05-07.
- (2016) The Margins of Opus Anglicanum: English Embroidery in Medieval Norway. Work in Progress Seminar . The Victoria and Albert Museum, Research Department; London. 2016-06-14.
- (2016) Why Textiles Matter: Ecclesiastical Textiles from Late Medieval Scandinavia. Himmelsk Vev . Universitetsmuseet i Bergen; Bergen. 2016-11-29.
- (2015) En glemt tekstilarv. Silke, fløyel og gull i middelalderens kirkerom. Stiklestadseminaret 2015 . Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter; Stikelstad. 2015-11-19 - 2015-11-20.
- (2015) Makt og miskunn i et middelaldersk kirketekstil. Seminar i middelalderens kunst- og bygningshistorie ; 2015-03-05 - 2015-03-05.
- (2015) Why Textiles Matter. ECHO seminar and workshop . ECHO research group, the Historical Museum in Oslo; 2015-10-19 - 2015-10-20.
- (2015) Why Textiles Matter: The Bremnes Chasuble. Matter and Materiality . Universitetet i Oslo; 2015-12-04 - 2015-12-05.
- (2015) Why Textiles Matter: en presentasjon av ph.d. prosjektet mitt. IKMs forskningsforum . Institutt for kunst og medievitenskap; NTNU. 2015-11-05.
- (2013) 1700-talls inventaret i Gildeskål kirke. Grubleseminar ; 2013-08-14 - 2013-08-18.
- (2013) Heads up!: Ashlar Heads on Exterior Walls of Romanesque Parish Churches from the Nidaros Province. International Medieval Congress Leeds 2013 ; Leeds. 2013-07-01 - 2013-07-04.
- (2013) Kirketekstiler fra middelalderen – Fortellinger gjennom nål og vev. Foredrag . Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter; 2013-09-25.
- (2013) MUSEUM. NRK [Radio]. 2013-09-07.
- (2013) Munch og Trondheim. Foredrag . Den kulturelle Spaserstokken/ Trondheim Kommune; Trondheim Kunstforening. 2013-09-04.