MINIATURIST, Spanish (active 1280s) |
Cantigas de Santa María, Codex of the Musicians, folio 295vafter 1280Manuscript (RBMECat b-I-2), 404 x 274 mm Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, El Escorial | ||
|
The Códice de los músicos (Codex of the Musicians) is the most complete manuscript of Alfonso X's "Cantigas Project", which occupied most of his reign (1252-1284). He considered it an important part of both his political survival and his personal salvation. The picture shows folio 295v, which contains a miniature, a poem, and sheet music. The miniature depicts a musician playing dulzaina, a Spanish double-reed woodwind instrument belonging to the shawm family, and a woman accompanying him with tarreñas, a type of castanets common in Spain.
| ||
