Angel with lute

Unknown


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

    Item location

  • York Minster (Yorkshire, England)
    Choir screen, north 2

Description

Lute with six strings, large central rose, plectrum played by angel.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 39, plate 77. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4213