Musical rattle or cymbal

Unknown


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

    Item location

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

Description

A man plays what appears to be a musical instrument, perhaps a cymbal or rattle.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rattle [3036]
Cymbals [2451]

Image URLs

image link 1
image link 2
See north nave frieze, cymbal player

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 17, plate 46. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4173