Snared nakers

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1480
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Mary Church (Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England)
    Wooden roof boss

Description

Pair of large, snared nakers with scalloped line around the edge of the heads, suggesting a cloth cover.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Nakers [2893]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 67, plate 113. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4249