Angel with symphony (gittern shape)

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

    Item location

  • York Minster (Yorkshire, England)
    Choir screen, north 8

Description

Symphony (hurry-gurdy), in gittern shape, with keys below and wheel clearly visible.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 33, plate 67. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4202