Angel with gittern

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1325
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. John the Evangelist Minster (Beverley, Yorkshire, England)
    Nave north 5

Description

Angel playing gittern with 4 strings, plectrum held between forefinger and middle finger.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Gittern [3365]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 40-41, plates 80-81. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4217