Angel with recorder

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1415
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Nicholas Church (Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England)
    Angel on roof beam, south 9

Description

Angel playing tenor recorder left-handed, two visible fingerholes above the right hand and two between the hands.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Recorder [4039]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 7, plate 12. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4132