Gothic harp

Unknown


Item type:
furniture
Date of creation:
ca. 1390
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • Chester Cathedral (Cheshire, England)
    On a bench end of the choir stalls

Description

Gothic harp with 11 strings played by King David. Part of a Jesse tree.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 38, plate 71. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4207