Angel playing tromba marina

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1500
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • York Minster (Yorkshire, England)
    Choir screen, north 18

Description

Tromba marina held up on the shoulder, 2 strings, the end broken off.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet marine [3519]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 30, plate 64. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4199