Citole and angel

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1340
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. Mary Church (Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England)
    Roof boss

Description

Angel plectrum-playing a citole with 4 strings passing over heavy bridge to trefoil tail button, holly-leaf body.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Citole [3335]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 39, plate 78. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4214