history: associated pipes

one-handed pipe

It is not always obvious which type of pipe is being played in some of the iconography.

 

Greek/Roman lead figure 11th century Catalonia, Spain 14th - 16th century Cyprus 1408 France
1410-1414 Paris, France, Mercury playing double pipes France, stone carving
1410-20 player and Mercury 1415 Belgium 1418 Paris, France 1418-1425 shepherd France f.85v 1430 pipe and hobby-horse The Hague, Netherlands 1430 shepherd, playing for dancing, France 1440 shepherd playing for dancing, Belgium 1450 shepherd playing for dancing, Belgium 15th century, France 1480 Netherlands shepherd 1459 Florence, Italy late 15th century Bruges, Belgium page xi 1470-80 Tarot card 'Poetry' 15th century, Mercury Flanders, Belgium Tarot card, Mercury
1511 female player, Tours, France 1511 female player in a prayer book, France 1517 Germany
1544-1552 Basel, Switzerland	1600-1625 Italy, putti on cloud	Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
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1753 Helmstädt, Germany book frontispiece early 19th century France 1900 child with pipe and hobby-horse by Hans Boesch, Germany 1900 'dancing faun' Luxemburg Gardens Paris, France
Dance of Death Images
15th century Augsburger, Bavaria, Germany
1440 The Doctor, Switzerland	1448-53 Bern Cathedral, Switzerland
The Emperor Wellcome Library, London  1617 The Young man 1825-1851 The Young Man
Salzbergen, Germany 1830 Martinskapelle (chapel of Saint Martin), Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria

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