MEDIEVAL RECORDER FROM TARTU, ESTONIA
MEDIEVAL RECORDER FROM TARTU, ESTONIA

Summary/Abstract: In summer 2005 a complete and well preserved recorder was unearthed during archaeological excavations in the centre of Tartu in a latrine dated to the 14th century. The instrument is nearly cylindrical and is made of maple. Tartu recorder belongs to three oldest surviving medieval recorders. We are thus dealing with an extremely rare find and as yet the Tartu recorder is the best survived medieval recorder ever found.

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