Folded trumpet

Unknown


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

    Item location

  • St. Mary Church (Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England)
    Frieze on the cornice of the nave roof.

Description

Folded trumpet, held with the mouthpiece just below the chin.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 78, plate 123. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4259