Musician playing portative organ

  • Tours, Bibl. mun., ms. 0008, f. 001 - vue 7
  • Tours, Bibl. mun., ms. 0008, f. 001 - vue 1

Summary

: Musician playing portative organ

: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Location type : Library

: Spain, , Spain

: 14

: 1320 -1320

: Illumination

: Paper / Parchment

: Initiale

: Musicien


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http://initiale.irht.cnrs.fr/decors/decors.php?id=8426


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Performer(s)
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: male

    Posture: standing

    Instrument information
    Instrument : organ - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 412.1-8 )




Number of performers: 1

Chromatic: musician-nature

Comment: we can see that the color (green) of the musician is the same as the plants of the illumination. We can imagine a relationship between music and nature. We can also raise the fact that this musical representation derives from the illumination representing Christ.