In this decorative detail we find two bizarre hybrid figures with human features. The first wears a winged headdress and displays a characteristic typical of the period’s imagination: a second human face depicted at genital level, while playing a double flute. The second figure, wearing a hood, holds a small portable organ in its hands.
A Miniature with Hybrid Musicians
Courtesy British Library (‘The Queen Mary Psalter’, Royal 2 B. VII, f.193v)
Date:
1310-1320
Location:
British Library, London, England, United Kingdom
Author:
Not documented
Technique and materials:
Illuminated manuscript
Dimensions:
Not documented
Provenance:
London, England
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