Portative organ

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1450
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Kynberga Church (Castor, Northhamptonshire, England)
    Figure on roof beam

Description

Portative organ with 6 scaled pipes with clear mouths but otherwise schematic.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Portative organ [2267]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 47, plate 86. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4222