Minstrel playing fiddle

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1330
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. John the Evangelist Minster (Beverley, Yorkshire, England)
    North aisle 18

Description

Waisted fiddle with a long and elaborate tailpiece, played by a singing minstrel.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 29, plate 62. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4197