Symphony (hurdy-gurdy) player

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
before 1350
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church (Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England)
    External frieze, north nave

Description

Symphony or hurdy-gurdy with a long body, keys above.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

Image URLs

image link 1
See north nave, hurry-gurdy player
image link 2

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 16, plate 39. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4168