Viola da gamba and angel

Unknown


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, 5.

Description

Treble or tenor viola da gamba with sharp corners on both bouts and deep curved waist.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viol [3597]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 15, plate 33. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4162