Crwth (bowed lyre)

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Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
1379
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • Worcester Cathedral (Worcestershire, England)
    Misericord in the choir

Description

Angel playing crwth (bowed lyre) with 3 strings and short bow.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Crwth [3495]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 31, plate 65. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4200