A pair of shawms

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
early 14th century
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. Peter Church (Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England)
    Figure on a capital of the nave arcade.

Description

A pair of shawms, widely conical, both in the player's mouth.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 58, plate 102. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4238