Harpsichord and angel

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1480
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • Manchester Cathedral (Lancashire, England)
    Wooden figure at base of a wall post, north 7

Description

Angel playing harpsichord with at least three "black" keys and 21 jacks.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 11, plate 24. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4153