Davis County Clipper | 1938-11-25 | Page 2 | Origin of Stave Churches

Origin of Stave Churches The origin of the quaint and beau beautiful Norwegian stave churches Is somewhat uncertain but it Is thought that they were fashioned after the style of the Viking ships In a country where shipbuilders were the best carpenters wooden buildings erected by them were vere like like- likely likely ly to be influenced by the traditions of the shipyard Many features sup support port this theory such as the method of locking the planks together slid pd id the practice of carving and or onia- onia the gables with dragonheads dragons dragon heads h ads seems to suggest that they ther were borrowed from the dragon dragon- dragonhead head bend be beaks k of the Ibe Vikings Vikings' s' s ships S r y r t C 1 r