South transept window in St. Oswald's Church - Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England

John Hardman & Co. (active 19th-20th centuries) (workshop of)

Item type:

architectural object

Date of creation:

1874

Technique / Medium:

stained glass

Description

The stained glass was made mostly by Hardman and Co. in 1874; a few pieces are medieval glass. Tracery detail, south transept, south window. Numerous angels and saints play musical instruments.

Iconclass

11H
saints
11G21
angels singing, making music
48C7344(TRIANGLE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005] (Among other angel musicians, a haloed angel with red wings plays a closed triangle without jingling rings.)
Harp [3285]
Double shawm
Kettledrum (small)
Cymbals, small
Transverse flute [4093]
Violoncello [3582]
Horn (coiled, small)
Bell [2381]
Fiddle (played sideways)
Pibgorn [4670] (or other curved horn)
Violin [3573]
Shawm [4258]
Tambourine [2746]
Portative organ [2267]
Citole [3335] (5-point body shape)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

7148

Data provider

Dr. Mark Berry