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Throndhjem og Omegn.
Throndhjem.
rundt bele Bygningen. Mærkelig er den Skjævhed i
Fundamenteringen, der findes i den østlige Halvdel af
Kirken; man har under Ombygningen ikke villet røre
ved Høialteret paa Grund af Stedets Hellighed. Kirken
havde 24 med ædle Metaller rigt smykkede Altere,
hvoraf hvert betjentes af en af de 24 Kanniker. Over
tre Altere fandtes Helgenskrin, nemlig St. Bernhards,
St. Eysteins og Skytshelgenen St. Olafs. Det
sidstnævnte, som var anbragt paa Høialteret, bestod inderst
af en Sølvkiste af 6500 Lods Vægt, udenom den var to
Trækister, hvoraf den yderste havde Snitværk som paa
vore Stavkirker og var besat med Ædelstene og Beslag
af Guld og Sølv. Det varede desværre ikke længe,
inden dette herlige Bygværk forfaldt. Flere Ildebrande
(1328, 1432 og 1531) ødelagde den ene Del af Kirken
efter den anden, medens Evnen til og Sandsen for
Gjenopførelse svækkedes. Efter Branden i det
sidstnævnte Aar opgaves den hele vestre Fløi og faldt snart
i Ruiner, saaledes som det sees i vor Tid.
Reformationens Indførelse kort efter medførte en stor
Forandring for Domkirken. Alterne bleve borttagne med
sine Prydelser, deriblandt de to Helgenskrin. Af St.
Olafs Skrin blev Sølvkisten og den ydre Trækiste
bortført til Kjøbenhavn, men den simpleste Trækiste
staaende tilbage med Helgenens Legeme. Denne borttoges
af Svenskerne i den nordiske Syvaarskrig, men bragtes
igjen tilbage 1568. Siden blev St. Olafs Lig nedsat i
Kirken paa et Sted, som endnu ikke er opdaget.
I Grundloven af 1814 er det fastsat, at Kongens
Kroning skal foregaa i Throndhjems Domkirke. Fire
Kroninger have før den Tid fundet Sted her, nemlig |
a short distance above the bridge, and a little to the
west, a stone church, dedicated to Our Lady, where
lie was himself interred. Up to this time, there had
been no bishopricks or cathedral churches in Norway;
they were not established till the reign of King Olaf
Kyrre. — Nidaros—we have reason to suppose—was
honoured with the first cathedral, — erected on the
spot where St. Olaf’s remains had been interred: this
was the origin of the present 124) Cathedral of
Throndhjem. This fine edifice was consecrated about
the year 1093 and received the name of „Christ Church."
The shrine of St. Olaf was removed hither and laid
beneath the high-altar, which stood upon the place
where the chapel had been, and where the body of the
Saint had formerly reposed. Throughout all changes
and vicissitudes, the position of the high-altar has still,
remained the same, — up to the present day; and
„St. Olafs Well" is connected with the southern wall
of the choir. This Church of King Olaf Kyrre’s, which,
through various periods in the erection, at length
developed into a magnificent cathedral, was no doubt
originally a „Langkirke," or longchurch, with a single
nave and a circular choir, about 75 ells long and 20
ells wide. At least 60 yers after the death of Olaf
Kyrre, Christ Church remained in its original form.
During this period three kings were buried there, viz.
— Haakon Magnusson, and Olaf and Eystein
Magnus-sönner. The shrine of Magnus the Good had been
previously removed hither, and Olaf Kyrre was interred
in the vaults of the cathedral. During the reign of
the sons of Harald Gille, an event intervened of great
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