About a year ago I was looking for images of some sort of solo organistrum depicted on the west face of Paris' Notre Dame, which predates this manuscript by over 100 years (as I understand it). The form seen there is actually quite similar, but much better made. So there is some evidence for this shape associated with HGs predating this manuscript. I'd post a photo, but the only photos I've seen were taken by Vlad (on this list) and I don't have permission from him to post them. Instead I've added a drawing by Balázs Nagy to the group's files:
http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/web/1_1_07notreDame.jpg So similar forms actually predate the manuscript from the Bodleian. -Arle On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Graham Whyte wrote: > > This came up on the UK HG list > > A fascinating drawing of an HG from a Bodleian Library manuscript c > 1338-1344 "Romance of Alexander" > Pic can be seen at > http://www.altongate.co.uk/hg/Gurdy_ill_1344.jpg > > You can view the whole book > at:http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=bodleian&manuscript=msbodl264 > > The HG drawing is at the bottom of Folio 81 recto > You can see strings, crank, wheel cover, keys (no dog) > It looks a surprisingly modern shape > The creature with the apparently strange posterior anatomy may in fact > just have a folded tail > > Graham Whyte > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
