Musician playing the vielle and angel playing the portative organ surrounding the Annunciation

  • folio 007
  • Deux anges musiciens

Summary

: Musician playing the vielle and angel playing the portative organ surrounding the Annunciation

: Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Location type : Library

: Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

: 14

: 1330 -1340

: Illumination

: Paper / Parchment

: Initiale

: Annonciation


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Performer(s)
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: male

    Posture: standing

    Comment: No wings are visible, he is not an angel. The face is damaged.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : vielle - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 321.322-71 )
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: angel

    Posture: standing

    Comment: The face of this angel is very damaged.

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




Number of performers: 2

Function of the sound: glorification

Reference to music theory and musical perfection: harmony

Source of musical inspiration: Virgin Mary

Context of the sound: angelic music

Comment: The sound is directed towards the center of the image but the Virgin and Gabriel don’t seem to react to it. The vielle player doesn’t have wings, unlike the organ player. This might refer to the symbolic hierarchy between these instruments.