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Between Man and Nature

The Making of Benedictine Communities in Medieval Iceland

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    • Excavation at Kirkjubær
    • Excavation at Þingeyrar
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Author: Steinunn J Kristjánsdóttir

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General | Almennt

Analyzing colors in textiles | Litir í miðaldarklæðum greindir

22/10/202302/11/2023 Steinunn J Kristjánsdóttir

Embroidered cloths from the Middle Ages were X-rayed at the National Museum of Iceland as well as analyzes of dyes in cloths and manuscripts. It

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Publication | Greinar

Ólöf the Rich and a Cloth from Svalbarð, Iceland

25/04/202301/11/2023 Steinunn J Kristjánsdóttir

Author: Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir, PhD, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland „The age of the Svalbarð cloth is uncertain, but the iconography embroidered in

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Publication | Greinar

The Abbesses of Iceland | Íslensku abbadísirnar

18/04/202301/11/2023 Steinunn J Kristjánsdóttir

A new article has been published about the Abbesses of Iceland, written by Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland and the

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News | Fréttir

  • Analyzing colors in textiles | Litir í miðaldarklæðum greindir
  • Science Night | Vísindavaka
  • EAA Annual Meeting in Belfast | Evrópuráðstefna fornleifafræðinga í Belfast
  • The Þingeyrar Excavation Team 2023
    Last excavation day at Þingeyrar | Lokadagur uppgraftarins á Þingeyrum

Artifacts | Gripir

A bone needle was found in area E on the last day of the excavation this summer
A beautiful green stone was found
Look what I found!
Sigþór found this worked bone
Steinunn Edda found á tiny blue beat
A lead seal, most likely from a piece of textile
Did Eir find the key to the monasteryð?
A spindle wirl
Heiðar Berg found this beautiful beat

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Sponsorship

The project was awarded
with the Grant of Excellence
by the Icelandic Research Fund

The RÍM project
The project has received grants from
the RÍM fund “Literary culture
of the Icelandic Middle Ages”
(Ritmenning íslenskra miðalda)

Between Man and Nature

The Making of
Benedictine Communities
in Medieval Iceland

Principal Investigators

PhD Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir
Professor of Archaeology
University of Iceland
sjk@hi.is

PhD James G. Clark
Professor of Medieval History
University of Exeter
j.g.clark@exeter.ac.uk

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