Table fountain: Musicians

Unknown (French)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 1300-1350

Height:

33.8 cm  (13 5/16 in.)

Width:

25.4 cm  (10 in.)

Depth:

26.0 cm  (10 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

gilt-silver and translucent enamel

Description

Five of the eight miniatures contain musical figures: 1) two humans play a bagpipe and a straight trumpet; 2) two humans play a vielle and a gittern; 3) a bear plays a frame drum with the flat of its hand (paw); a rabbit plays a vielle; 4) a woman plays a frame drum; a man plays a lute; 5) unidentified creatures play a psaltery (at left) and a recorder (right).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]
Trumpet [4446] (straight)
Fiddle [3142]
Gittern [3365]
Frame drum [2598]
Lute [3394]
Psaltery [3677]
Recorder [4039]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2191