Long trumpet

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1350
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • Cathedral of St. Peter (Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England)
    On the parapet on the top of the sedilia in the choir.

Description

Long trumpet with a single boss, apparently played by a woman.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 77, plate 121. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4257