Bagpipe played by angel

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1500
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Wendreda Church (March, Cambridgeshire, England)
    Base of roof wall post, north 1

Description

Bagpipe with two parallel, slightly conical chanters, one hand on each chanter, both at the same level; no visible fingerholes.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 8, plate 14. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4134