Three singing monks

Unknown (Swabian)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
ca. 1250-1270
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Schwaben

    Item location

  • Biblioteca nazionale universitaria di Torino
    [Museum inv. no.: ms E.IV.14 (Bibbia di Manfredi)]f. 139v

Description

In the initial letter of Psalm XCVII (Cantate Domino), three monks before a music stand read from a book with traces of notation.

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi", Miscellanea di Studi 6, ed. by Alberto Basso (Torino: Istituto per i Beni Musicali in Piemonte, 2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3061