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Historical Archive: Musical Instruments, Musicians 1200-present Representations follow surviving examples. Musical horns have their own page. 12th-c. bone flute and late 14th/early 15th-c. bone whistle, MAHSD organ 15th-16th c., front 1654, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page organ, 1433-37 (oldest surviving playable organ, restored 1954; painted wings reproductions during new restoration), Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with architectural context Chartres cathedral, oak organ case 1475/1481/1542/1614/1868. For context see Chartres. Gerald Woehl organ 1999, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages undated bell with dolphin support, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages playing harp with toes: portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page viol or viola da gamba: Fiddler, limestone, Cologne late 12th-early 13th c., Schn K163. For other views see Schn. John the Baptist, David with lyre, Moses, Abraham and Isaac: 13th c. portal with 19th c. polychrome, St. Servatius' church, Maastricht. For contiguous images see Servatius. House of the Musicians sculpture: fife, tambourine, bagpipe, harp, rebec; limestone?, 13th c., Musée Saint-Rémi, Reims. These 5 figures have their own page. lyre: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex aquamanile, centaur drummer with flautist, copper alloy, Hildesheim, c.1200-1250, HNM 1860.115. For details see HNM. Chartres cathedral, south transept windows 1221-30. For more instruments in this window and context see Chartres. leper clapper: Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, St. Francis, which has its own page dance of Salome (restored), mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. harpist: glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page. bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, KGM 1917,101, which has its own page 14th-c. angels singing and with portative organ, horn or bugle, psaltery, vielle, lute: Lorsch Torhalle, which has its own page with more paintings bells: effigy of Clémence of Hungary, marble, first third of the 14th c., Saint-Denis. This work has its own page. bagpipe: Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page. tambourine: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page bagpipe: Nativity and Shepherds, Magi: ivory diptych, Paris 1350-75, PMA 1921-20-1. This object has its own page. lute or gittern: ciborium monstrance, silver gilt/rock crystal/enamel, c.1350-75, DMP PR109, which has its own page with portative organ Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page. angels with viella, psaltery: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page with trumpets angels with portable organ and bagpipe: Orcagna altarpiece 1357, Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, which has its own page Angel with Symphonia, marble, Pisan c.1360 prob. from Campo Santo, NGA 1960.5.14. This work has its own page. Angel with Tambourine, marble, Pisan c.1360 prob. from Campo Santo, NGA 1960.5.15. This work has its own page. rosette for a musical instrument with center musician, boxwood on velvet, 15th c., poss. north Italy, PMA 1930-64-29 pipe, lyre, horns, lute (partly obscured by display mount): imperial ceremony, ivory pyxis, 1403-04, DO BZ.1936.24, which has its own page portative organ, lute: Three Coronations tapestry, Brussels 1446-88, Sens CT. This work has its own page with harp. Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin panel, Marsuppini altarpiece, 1450s, Vat. loan to Arezzo MS. For full work with bagpipes see Arezzo Museums. cup (tazza): putti with musical instruments, enameled blue glass, Venice c.1490-1500, CMA 1960.36 bell earring: Adoration of the Magi, textile/painting/bast fiber/gold leaf, late 15th c., Netherlands? Schn M715 Annunciation and Nativity (with musical shepherd), enamel triptych, frame gilt copper on wood with traces polychrome and gilding, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62. For additional views see PMA. angels with many instruments: Sens cathedral north transept windows, Jean Hympe the elder and the younger and Tassin Gassot, c.1515-19. This work has its own page. musicians playing harp, ney (end-blown flute), tambourine: Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp fol.80v, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page. musical automaton in the form of a male saint, court of Charles V (J. Turriano?), Madrid 1570-80, MAAB. For detail see MAAB. harp, violin: Alessandro Bardelli, Gloria di Angeli 1624, painting formerly surrounding Berlinghieri St. Francis (here in a copy), San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page with Berlinghieri lyre: Luigi Pichler, Farnese Bull c.1798-1818, glass intaglio, UCh 1989.5. This work has its own page. Amleto Montevecchi, Mrs. Bernagozzi 1920, aquarelle, Imola 301 related: liturgical chants and St. Francis legenda minor, Tongeren? late 13th c., the Hague, National Library of the Netherlands 70 E4, fols. 110v-111r, which has its own page related: song book (Wienhäuser Liederbuch), paper, c.1470, WienMus Hs. 9