Harp and fox

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1175
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. Nicholas Church (Barfreston, Kent, England)
    Frieze round the arch of the south door

Description

Harp played by a fox for a woman dancer or tumbler.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 19, plate 49. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4178