Rebec and angel

Unknown


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

    Item location

  • St. Wendreda Church (March, Cambridgeshire, England)
    At base of a roof wall-post, north 10

Description

Rebec with 3 strings but otherwise resembling a lute, with turned-back pegbox and flat bridge; the bow crosses the strings at an impossible angle.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 9, plate 23. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4150