Shawm and 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 3

Description

Shawm with a staple projecting above the instrument and a wide hollowed bell; split from just below the top of the instrument to the bottom.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 8, plate 16. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4138