The Medieval Minstrel's Gallery at Exeter Cathedral : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Medieval Minstrel's Gallery at Exeter Cathedral / kitmasterbloke
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| 説明 | The Minstrels Gallery is decorated with carved angels playing instruments. The purpose of it is unknown, but it may have been used by musicians or singers. There are other major churches in the West Country of England that feature carvings of angel musicians, but Exeter is the only one to present them so grandly across the face of a balcony such as Minstrel’s Gallery. A dozen angels, the sizes of small children, stand across the front of the gallery, each playing a different medieval instrument as shown below. They include string, wind, and percussion instruments.The medieval string instruments which are displayed include a harp, a citole, a gittern, and a fiddle. Harps came in various sizes but the one in Exeter is portable, carried by its angel musician. The citole was believed to be the ancestor of the gittern, and the gittern is probably a medieval ancestor of the guitar. Wind instruments include a portative organ, a pipe, a shawm, bagpipes, and one or possibly two trumpets. The musician had to carry the portative organ, play keys to determine the notes, and pump the bellows to supply the wind. The pipe is a recorder type of instrument whereas the shawm is an ancestor of the oboe. The bagpipes of Exeter have been damaged somewhat, as has the first of two trumpets. Only the mouthpiece remains of the first trumpet, making its identification dubious. The other trumpet is probably a replacement since the trumpets of the period were much longer than the one displayed.The timbrel and cymbals are the percussion instruments shown on the Minstrel’s Gallery. The timbrel is like a modern tambourine. Cymbals survived in England from Roman times and could be found in various sizes.Sony A7C with Sony G series FE 24-105 lens ISO 2000 f8 1/125s |
| 撮影日 | 2024-12-25 15:49:35 |
| 撮影者 | kitmasterbloke , Halstead, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Exeter District, England, UK 地図 |