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Lundomästaren. Från anonymitet till en konstruerad identitet, Jan 2016

Papers by Katri Vuola

Radiohiiliajoitusta ei ole juuri käytetty keskiaikaisten veistosten tai alttarikaappien ajoittami... more Radiohiiliajoitusta ei ole juuri käytetty keskiaikaisten veistosten tai alttarikaappien ajoittamiseen Suomessa. Luonnontieteellisten menetelmien hyödyntäminen kuvanveiston tutkimuksessa avaa kuitenkin uusia näköaloja. Samaan aikaan on tärkeä muistaa, että taidehistoriallisten objektien materiaalisen kokonaisuuden ymmärtäminen edellyttääradiohiiliajoitustulosten yhdistämistä ja vertailua perinteisin taidehistoriallisin menetelmin tuotettuihin ajoituksiin. Esittelemme tässä artikkelissa Raision kirkon keskiaikaisen krusifiksin sekä Korppoon Jurmon kappelissa säilyneen relikvaarioksi tai rauhantauluksi tulkitun puuesineen radiohiiliajoitusten tuloksia, sekä kerromme radiohiiliajoittamisen periaatteista, virhelähteistä ja tulosten tulkinnan monimutkaisuudesta. Tutkimuksen kohteena olleista esineistä otetut näytteet ajoitettiin AMS-radiohiiliajoitusmenetelmällä ja näin saatu radiohiili-ikä korjattiin IntCal20-kalibrointikäyrän avulla. Tulkintamme mukaan Raision krusifiksin radiohiiliajoi...

Tahiti, 2015

Katsaus: Matka Marttilan kirkkoon ja keskustelu keskiaikaisten krusifiksien konservoinnista 25.3.... more Katsaus: Matka Marttilan kirkkoon ja keskustelu keskiaikaisten krusifiksien konservoinnista 25.3.2015

This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wo... more This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wooden sculptures during the Middle Ages in Finland. In the focus of the study is a late thirteenth-century sculpture depicting a standing saint from the memorial church of Saint Henrik in Nousiainen (Nousis), South-Western Finland, now in the collection of the National Museum of Finland. The identity and even the gender of the “Unknown Saint” has puzzled art historians, most recently in the 1960s. On the basis of a new visual and technical examination as well as iconographical and stylistic analysis of the sculpture, alternative interpretations of the identity of the depicted saint as well as of the origin and function of the sculpture are suggested. The current article also includes a detailed description of the dual-energy and ultrahigh-resolution CT-scanning of the sculpture at the HUS Medical Imaging Center at the Helsinki University Hospital. This is the first time that CT-scanning h...

Antiquity, 2020

This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, ... more This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, focusing on wood-use in North-eastern Europe within the period AD 1100–1600. The authors approach wood within the framework of object biographies and link the study of wooden artefacts with broader archaeological understandings of formation processes and environmental reconstruction.

Baltic Journal of Art History

This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the dio... more This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the diocese of Turku (Åbo), Finland, theeasternmost part of the Swedish Realm in the Middle Ages. The aim ofthe article is to draw an overall picture of the wood use in sculptureand discuss the emergence of the local workshops in the diocese.This is done by presenting new wood definitions and by taking theseinto account the when analysing the sculptures’ style and form.The emphasis on the research is on sculptures previously definedas carved from birch and which thus are determined as Finnish orNordic of their origin. The methods for defining the wood specieshave been ocular observation and microscopy analysis. The choiceof wood is approached from the perspective of the wood speciesavailability in the area and suitability for carving. The results of theinvestigation indicate that in addition to oak, and instead of birch,particularly alder (Alnus) was used in the locally manufactured sacralsculp...

Baltic Journal of Art History

This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the dio... more This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the diocese of Turku (Åbo), Finland, theeasternmost part of the Swedish Realm in the Middle Ages. The aim ofthe article is to draw an overall picture of the wood use in sculptureand discuss the emergence of the local workshops in the diocese.This is done by presenting new wood definitions and by taking theseinto account the when analysing the sculptures’ style and form.The emphasis on the research is on sculptures previously definedas carved from birch and which thus are determined as Finnish orNordic of their origin. The methods for defining the wood specieshave been ocular observation and microscopy analysis. The choiceof wood is approached from the perspective of the wood speciesavailability in the area and suitability for carving. The results of theinvestigation indicate that in addition to oak, and instead of birch,particularly alder (Alnus) was used in the locally manufactured sacralsculp...

Baltic Journal of Art History, 2019

This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th century polychrome sculptures in the di... more This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th century
polychrome sculptures in the diocese of Turku (Åbo), Finland, the
easternmost part of the Swedish Realm in the Middle Ages. The aim of
the article is to draw an overall picture of the wood use in sculpture
and discuss the emergence of the local workshops in the diocese.
This is done by presenting new wood definitions and by taking these
into account the when analysing the sculptures’ style and form.
The emphasis on the research is on sculptures previously defined
as carved from birch and which thus are determined as Finnish or
Nordic of their origin. The methods for defining the wood species
have been ocular observation and microscopy analysis. The choice
of wood is approached from the perspective of the wood species
availability in the area and suitability for carving. The results of the
investigation indicate that in addition to oak, and instead of birch,
particularly alder (Alnus) was used in the locally manufactured sacral
sculptures, and in some cases using oak sculptures as models. Alder
was possibly favored due to its good availability and inexpensiveness
as well as workability. It can, however not be ruled out, that sculptures
of alder may have been imported to the bishopric as well.

CHANGING SENSES OF SACRALITY: OBJECTS, BELIEFS, AND PERFORMANCES FROM THE MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN ERA Proceedings of the Conference held in Helsinki, 1–2 December 2016. Eds. Reima Välimäki and Karolina Kouvola, May 18, 2018

This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wo... more This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wooden sculptures during the Middle Ages in Finland. In the focus of the study is a late thirteenth-century sculpture depicting a standing saint from the memorial church of Saint Henrik in Nousiainen (Nousis), South-Western Finland, now in the collection of the National Museum of Finland.

The identity and even the gender of the “Unknown Saint’ has puzzled art historians, most recently in the 1960s. On the basis of a new visual and technical examination as well as iconographical and stylistic analysis of the sculpture, alternative interpretations of the identity of the depicted saint as well as of the origin and function of the sculpture are suggested. The current article also includes a detailed description of the dual-energy and ultrahigh-resolution CT-scanning of the sculpture at the HUS Medical Imaging Center at the Helsinki University Hospital. This is the first time that CT-scanning has been used to research medieval wooden sculpture in Finland. Discoveries made during the inspection were interpreted as possible relics. Consequently, the function of the sculpture is further discussed in the context of the cult of relics in Finland.

Lundomästaren. Från anonymitet till en konstruerad identitet, Jan 2016

Radiohiiliajoitusta ei ole juuri käytetty keskiaikaisten veistosten tai alttarikaappien ajoittami... more Radiohiiliajoitusta ei ole juuri käytetty keskiaikaisten veistosten tai alttarikaappien ajoittamiseen Suomessa. Luonnontieteellisten menetelmien hyödyntäminen kuvanveiston tutkimuksessa avaa kuitenkin uusia näköaloja. Samaan aikaan on tärkeä muistaa, että taidehistoriallisten objektien materiaalisen kokonaisuuden ymmärtäminen edellyttääradiohiiliajoitustulosten yhdistämistä ja vertailua perinteisin taidehistoriallisin menetelmin tuotettuihin ajoituksiin. Esittelemme tässä artikkelissa Raision kirkon keskiaikaisen krusifiksin sekä Korppoon Jurmon kappelissa säilyneen relikvaarioksi tai rauhantauluksi tulkitun puuesineen radiohiiliajoitusten tuloksia, sekä kerromme radiohiiliajoittamisen periaatteista, virhelähteistä ja tulosten tulkinnan monimutkaisuudesta. Tutkimuksen kohteena olleista esineistä otetut näytteet ajoitettiin AMS-radiohiiliajoitusmenetelmällä ja näin saatu radiohiili-ikä korjattiin IntCal20-kalibrointikäyrän avulla. Tulkintamme mukaan Raision krusifiksin radiohiiliajoi...

Tahiti, 2015

Katsaus: Matka Marttilan kirkkoon ja keskustelu keskiaikaisten krusifiksien konservoinnista 25.3.... more Katsaus: Matka Marttilan kirkkoon ja keskustelu keskiaikaisten krusifiksien konservoinnista 25.3.2015

This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wo... more This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wooden sculptures during the Middle Ages in Finland. In the focus of the study is a late thirteenth-century sculpture depicting a standing saint from the memorial church of Saint Henrik in Nousiainen (Nousis), South-Western Finland, now in the collection of the National Museum of Finland. The identity and even the gender of the “Unknown Saint” has puzzled art historians, most recently in the 1960s. On the basis of a new visual and technical examination as well as iconographical and stylistic analysis of the sculpture, alternative interpretations of the identity of the depicted saint as well as of the origin and function of the sculpture are suggested. The current article also includes a detailed description of the dual-energy and ultrahigh-resolution CT-scanning of the sculpture at the HUS Medical Imaging Center at the Helsinki University Hospital. This is the first time that CT-scanning h...

Antiquity, 2020

This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, ... more This project develops theoretical as well as methodological tools for the study of ancient wood, focusing on wood-use in North-eastern Europe within the period AD 1100–1600. The authors approach wood within the framework of object biographies and link the study of wooden artefacts with broader archaeological understandings of formation processes and environmental reconstruction.

Baltic Journal of Art History

This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the dio... more This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the diocese of Turku (Åbo), Finland, theeasternmost part of the Swedish Realm in the Middle Ages. The aim ofthe article is to draw an overall picture of the wood use in sculptureand discuss the emergence of the local workshops in the diocese.This is done by presenting new wood definitions and by taking theseinto account the when analysing the sculptures’ style and form.The emphasis on the research is on sculptures previously definedas carved from birch and which thus are determined as Finnish orNordic of their origin. The methods for defining the wood specieshave been ocular observation and microscopy analysis. The choiceof wood is approached from the perspective of the wood speciesavailability in the area and suitability for carving. The results of theinvestigation indicate that in addition to oak, and instead of birch,particularly alder (Alnus) was used in the locally manufactured sacralsculp...

Baltic Journal of Art History

This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the dio... more This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th centurypolychrome sculptures in the diocese of Turku (Åbo), Finland, theeasternmost part of the Swedish Realm in the Middle Ages. The aim ofthe article is to draw an overall picture of the wood use in sculptureand discuss the emergence of the local workshops in the diocese.This is done by presenting new wood definitions and by taking theseinto account the when analysing the sculptures’ style and form.The emphasis on the research is on sculptures previously definedas carved from birch and which thus are determined as Finnish orNordic of their origin. The methods for defining the wood specieshave been ocular observation and microscopy analysis. The choiceof wood is approached from the perspective of the wood speciesavailability in the area and suitability for carving. The results of theinvestigation indicate that in addition to oak, and instead of birch,particularly alder (Alnus) was used in the locally manufactured sacralsculp...

Baltic Journal of Art History, 2019

This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th century polychrome sculptures in the di... more This paper deals with choices of wood species in the 14th century
polychrome sculptures in the diocese of Turku (Åbo), Finland, the
easternmost part of the Swedish Realm in the Middle Ages. The aim of
the article is to draw an overall picture of the wood use in sculpture
and discuss the emergence of the local workshops in the diocese.
This is done by presenting new wood definitions and by taking these
into account the when analysing the sculptures’ style and form.
The emphasis on the research is on sculptures previously defined
as carved from birch and which thus are determined as Finnish or
Nordic of their origin. The methods for defining the wood species
have been ocular observation and microscopy analysis. The choice
of wood is approached from the perspective of the wood species
availability in the area and suitability for carving. The results of the
investigation indicate that in addition to oak, and instead of birch,
particularly alder (Alnus) was used in the locally manufactured sacral
sculptures, and in some cases using oak sculptures as models. Alder
was possibly favored due to its good availability and inexpensiveness
as well as workability. It can, however not be ruled out, that sculptures
of alder may have been imported to the bishopric as well.

CHANGING SENSES OF SACRALITY: OBJECTS, BELIEFS, AND PERFORMANCES FROM THE MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN ERA Proceedings of the Conference held in Helsinki, 1–2 December 2016. Eds. Reima Välimäki and Karolina Kouvola, May 18, 2018

This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wo... more This article takes up from an interdisciplinary perspective the issue of placing relics inside wooden sculptures during the Middle Ages in Finland. In the focus of the study is a late thirteenth-century sculpture depicting a standing saint from the memorial church of Saint Henrik in Nousiainen (Nousis), South-Western Finland, now in the collection of the National Museum of Finland.

The identity and even the gender of the “Unknown Saint’ has puzzled art historians, most recently in the 1960s. On the basis of a new visual and technical examination as well as iconographical and stylistic analysis of the sculpture, alternative interpretations of the identity of the depicted saint as well as of the origin and function of the sculpture are suggested. The current article also includes a detailed description of the dual-energy and ultrahigh-resolution CT-scanning of the sculpture at the HUS Medical Imaging Center at the Helsinki University Hospital. This is the first time that CT-scanning has been used to research medieval wooden sculpture in Finland. Discoveries made during the inspection were interpreted as possible relics. Consequently, the function of the sculpture is further discussed in the context of the cult of relics in Finland.