Hybrid playing shawm and monkey playing portative organ

Summary

: Hybrid playing shawm and monkey playing portative organ

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Location type :

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: 15

: 1400 -1499

: Illumination

: Paper / Parchment

: Gallica

: Missale secundum usum Rothomagensem studiose compositum, cum calendario

: Rouen, Bibl. mun. ms BY 1, f. 199v


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https://gallica.bnf.fr/view3if/ga/ark:/12148/btv1b101019622/f406


: RB - CLEMENT

Performer(s)
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: imaginary

    Animal: hybrid animal

    Comment: We can notice the swollen cheeks of this imaginary creature blowing into his instrument.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : shawm - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 422.1 )
    Body: straight
    Bell: long
    Shape of bell: conical
    Finger holes: visible
    Number of finger holes: 7 visible finger holes
    Thumb hole: invisible
    Playing method: fingers pressed down on holes
    Comments: held in both hands, bell downwards
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: animal

    Animal: monkey

    Posture: Monkey astride an imaginary creature. The left hand of the monkey seems to activate a bellows while the right hand activates a keyboard.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : organ - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 412.1-8 )
    Type of organ: portative
    Bellows: yes
    Number of bellows: 1
    Number of pipes: 8
    Number of rows of pipes: 1
    Playing mechanism: keyboard
    Keyboard type: indeterminate