Oval fiddle

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
after 1200
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • Romsey Abbey (Hampshire, England)
    Corbel table on the outside of the nave wall

Description

A grotesque man plays a very large oval fiddle high against his shoulder.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 27, plate 58. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4307