Necrologium Lundense is a 12th-century illuminated manuscript probably made in Lund to serve as a book of rules for the canons of Lund Cathedral, with texts used by them in their daily life. Its oldest parts date from around 1123, and it is considered the oldest still intact manuscript written in Scandinavia. It is preserved in a late medieval binding and the text is partially adorned with decorated initials, including one which displays influences from Viking art. The book is today kept in the University Library of Lund University.
Folio 5 verso from Necrologium Lundense, one of two inhabited initials in the manuscript. It shows influences derived from Viking art.
The book is bound in a late medieval brown goatskin binding
Lund Cathedral is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund. It was built as the Catholic cathedral of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. It is one of the oldest stone buildings still in use in Sweden.
Lund Cathedral
The crypt, the oldest part of Lund Cathedral.
The apse is the best-preserved part of the original exterior.
A drawing of the cathedral as it appeared in 1750