Double shawms

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1400
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • Holy Trinity Church (Hull, Yorkshire, England)
    Label stop between the nave arches.

Description

Double shawms, the two pipes going directly into the player's mouth.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 59, plate 104. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4240