Tenor shawm (bombard)

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Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
early 16th century
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Andrew Church (Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England)
    Wooden figure on roof boss, 2

Description

Angel plays tenor shawm (bombard) with large bottle bell and lip-disc pirouette.

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) 14, plate 30. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4159