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Frescos in Kumla church, Sweden, by Albertus Pictor, 1482 AD.

Travé I, södra valvkappan - Kumla kyrka
Traverse I southern vault - Kumla church

A detail of Saint Olaf sailing and encountering trolls on the beach.
A detail of Saint Olaf's death at the battle of Stiklastad.

Kumla kyrka Landskap/län: Västmanland/Västmanlands län Kyrkoorganisation: Västerås stift, Kumla församling Plats: Kumla kyrkby, omkring 8 km söder om Sala Koordinater: 59°50'44.73"N 16°38'15.79"Ö Målningarnas skapelsetid: 1482 Målningarnas kondition: Mycket god Kyrkan har uppförts i eteppaer. Långhus och sakristia var färdiga omkring 1300-talet. Under andra hälften av 1400-talet slogs valv i långhuset i två travéer. På 1750-talet förlängdes kyrkan mot väster ned en travé och tornet byggdes till. Målningsviten var signerade och daterade av Albertus 1482. Source : Albertus Pictor

Kumla church Landscape / county: Västmanland / Västmanland county Church organization: Västerås diocese, Kumla parish Location: Kumla church village, about 8 km south of Sala Coordinates: 59 ° 50'44.73" N 16 ° 38'15.79" E Creation time of paintings: 1482 Condition of the paintings: Very good The church has been built in stages. The nave and sacristy were completed around the 14th century. During the second half of the 15th century, arches in the nave were built in two traverses. In the 1750s, the church was extended to the west down a walkway and the tower was built. The painting suite was signed and dated by Albertus in 1482.

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KUMLA FRESCO DEPICTING LATE MEDIEVAL WEAPONRY

Handguns were used from the very early days of gunpowder in the fourteenth century. This fresco, dating from the end of the fifteenth century, in the Kumla Church in Sweden, shows that handguns were used alongside all the other projectile weapons, especially the longbow. The handgunner on the left is, unlike the other soldiers, not wearing any armor. His weapon is a simple iron tube with a long extension at the rear which serves as the “handle.”
Source: p.289, Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact eds. Kelly DeVries & Robert D. Smith (2007)