Long-necked instrument

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
after 1447
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. Thomas of Canterbury Church (Salisbury, Wiltshire, England)
    Corbel supporting the roof wall post in the chancel north 4

Description

Long-necked lute-type instrument resembling a Turkish saz, 5 strings, played by an angel.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Saz [3443]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 44, plate 84. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4220