Miriam's song and dance (Exodus, 15:20 - 15:21)
Unknown (Byzantine)
Additional titles
Ο χορός και το τραγούδι της Μαριάμ (Έξοδος, 15:20 - 15:21)
Miryam'ın ezgisi ve dansı (Mısır'dan Çıkış, 15:20 - 15:21)
- İzmir Namık Kemal Lisesi (Evangelical School of Smyrna)
[Museum inv. no.: Smyrna A.1 fol. 82v]
Item location
Description
On the left of the miniature a female figure holds and plays a double-skin barrel-drum with two sticks. On the right is another female musician that plays a pair of crotales or castanets.People as subjects
Miriam (Biblical figure)Iconclass
71E12321Miriam's song of praise ~ Exodus
48C734
percussion instruments
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Barrel drum [2504]Crotala
Image URLs
image link 1Europeana exhibition: Echos of an Empire--Byzantine Musical Instruments through the Ages
image link 2Item entry in Koç University GABAM Byzantine Musical Instruments Collection
RIdIM record id
7211Data provider
Koç University – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (GABAM) and The Friends of Music Society in Athens launched the Byzantine Musical Instruments Project in 2018 with Dr. Antonios Botonakis, under the scientific supervision of Prof. Nikos Maliaras. In 2020, the results of the research were integrated with Koç University Suna Kıraç Library’s website to present an online database with various filters to help researchers make in-depth research.
The main objective of the project was to thoroughly document the depictions of Byzantine musical instruments. During the research, a great number of visual representations on artefacts from the wider geographic area of the Byzantine Empire were studied. In the database more than 400 visual representations of musical instruments spread across 136 different cultural institutions in 27 countries around the world are presented to researchers.
In order to encompass the rich variety of the instruments used in the Byzantine times, some recurring visuals have been eliminated from the database to make room for unique visuals. Since the research was conducted by a Post-Doctorate researcher who is a musicologist, the database demonstrating the iconography also provides a unique classification of instruments. This project is a natural partner for the RIdIM database of performing arts images from all cultures and eras.
Project Direction- Engin Akyürek | Scientific Supervision- Nikos Maliaras | Scientific Research- Antonios K. Botonakis | Content Editor & Turkish Translation- Merve Özkılıç | Project Coordination- Barış Altan, Alexandros Charkiolakis | Digital Collection Technical Support- Senem Acar (Digital collection archivist), George Boumpous, Vera Kriezi, Sina Mater (Web design) | Funded by: Koç University – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (GABAM)