Musicerande Valvängel med Rebec

Unknown (Swedish)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
mural al secco
Place of creation:
Uppland
School:
Tierp School

Additional titles

Angel playing a rebec

    Item location

  • Börje kyrka
    Located in the west web of the vaulting.

Description

An angel plays a stringed instrument that may be a rebec.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202] (The instrument has a high bridge and tailpiece, and four frontal tuning pegs in a pegboard thrown back at an angle but only three strings are marked. The frets stand out against the fingerboard on the neck; the long heavy bow has a clearly marked hand-hold.)

Bibliographic references

Barth Magnus, Ingebjørg and Birgit Kjellström. Musikmotiv i svensk kyrkokonst: Uppland fram till 1625 = Musical Motifs in Swedish Church Art: The Region of Uppland up to 1625. Trans. by Michael Stevens (Stockholm: Svenska RIdIM-kommittén; Statens musiksamlingar, 1993) 101. ISBN 9197211702. RILM 1993-13916.

RIdIM record id

2394