50/193
[ stop the slideshow ]

The old English 'crowd'

The old English 'crowd'.jpg Triangular Musical instrument from HerculaneumThumbnailsHarp, ninth centuryTriangular Musical instrument from HerculaneumThumbnailsHarp, ninth centuryTriangular Musical instrument from HerculaneumThumbnailsHarp, ninth centuryTriangular Musical instrument from HerculaneumThumbnailsHarp, ninth century

A player on the crwth or crowd (a crowder) from a bas-relief on the under part of the seats of the choir in Worcester cathedral dates from the twelfth or thirteenth century