Angel playing gittern

Unknown


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

    Item location

  • Chester Cathedral (Cheshire, England)
    Carving on a misericord

Description

Angel playing gittern with 4 strings.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Gittern [3365]

Image URLs

image link 1
Images for misericords in Chester Cathedral; scroll to no. 17
image link 2
Detailed image

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 42, plate 82. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4218