Angel playing lute

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, 7.

Description

Lute with almost circular body, pinched right hand plucking between thumb and forefinger.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 15, plate 34. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4163