Oval fiddle and triple pipe

Unknown


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

    Item location

  • St. John the Baptist Church (Hawkchurch, Devon, England)
    Capital of a pillar in the nave arcade

Description

Oval fiddle, 3 or 4 strings, with demilune soundholes and leaf-shaped peg-box, played by a ram with a long heavy bow, held high up on the left shoulder; a goat plays a triple pipe, each tube a different length.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]
End-blown flute [3940] (triple-pipe)

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 24, plate 57. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4308