Cymbals and angel

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1500
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • York Minster (Yorkshire, England)
    Choir screen, north 7.

Description

Pair of cymbals held vertically with the fingers grasping the domes and rims, and 3 cowbells with double clappers.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cymbals [2451]
Cowbell [2390]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 69, plate 116. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4252