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Kaare Lund Rasmussen, Christina Andersen, Thomas Bertelsen

Faculty surveys of bricks in Sorø Abbey – sorting of bricksBy Kaare Lund Rasmussen, Christina Andersenand Thomas BertelsenSmall samples have been procured with hammer and chisel from the bricks in the crowns of the walls in the medieval church of the Cist... see more

Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen

Sorø Church and Abbey in function. A liturgical view of the western portal of the southern aisleBy Martin Wangsgaard JürgensenIn the portal of the lay brethren in Sorø Abbey Church a strange circular hole is found in the eastern capital. The capital was c... see more

Henriette Rensbro

Sorø Abbey’s Cemetery for Laymen.The 2006 Archaeological Excavation of Burials outside the north Transept.By Henriette RensbroPrior to the construction of a new extension on the north side of the church the National Museum excavated 24 square metres. 25 g... see more

Birgitte Bøggild Johannsen

Cult of the Past, Status and Identity at Sorø.The Cistercian Monastery as a Collective Site of Memory during the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance.By Birgitte Bøggild JohannsenIn recent decades the paradigmatic concept of lieu de mémoire, elaborated by the... see more

Michael Kræmmer

The earliest history of Sorø Abbey in the sourcesBy Michael KræmmerAs a rule little is known about the founding and the early years of Danish monasteries. With the abbey of Sorø we are lucky to have some descriptions – neither many nor lengthy, but s... see more

Knud Holm

Vita Bulla. Thoughts concerning a tombstone from Soroe ChurchBy Knud HolmThe article describes a tombstone laid over a five-dayold boy back in 1632. It can be seen in the church – the old monastery church – in Soer or Soroe in the western part of Zealand ... see more

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Aage P. Ravnsgaard

The Mill Dam in SorøBy Aage P. RavnsgaardIn 1161 a Cistercian monastery was founded in the midst of Zealand on the ruins of an only twenty-yearold Benedictine monastery. The founder was a young man named Absalon, who belonged to one of the most influentia... see more

Mogens Vedsø

The Dormitory Stairs in Sorø Abbey ChurchBy Mogens VedsøThe dormitory stairs in the medieval Danish monasteries that attract the most attention are the stairs in Sorø Abbey Church in the south transept. On the one hand they are regarded as a prototype of ... see more

Hans Krongaard Kristensen

The east wing at Sorø Abbey and other Danish Cistercian abbeysBy Hans Krongaard KristensenAlthough the east wing in Sorø has nearly disappeared we can reconstruct the building fairly well from traces and old measurements. The wing was vaulted on both stor... see more

Jes Wienberg

Monastic Archaeology and Sorø studies.By Jes WienbergMonastic archaeology is an internationally established research field which need not be confined to the Middle Ages, to medieval archaeology alone, nor within the borders of nations. Five themes can be ... see more

Thomas Bertelsen

The abbot’s roof construction – Dendrochronology in the Abbey Church of SorøBy Thomas BertelsenIn 2011 the National Museum carried out a dendrochronological survey of the medieval oak roof construction of the nave and northern transept of the Abbey Church... see more