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The Pórtico de la Gloria, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela,
carved by Magister Matheus in 1188, showing the twenty-four
elders of the Apocalypse tuning their instruments. The four evangelists are shown beside the seated Christ,
John and Luke on the left, Matthew and Mark on the right.






Hurdy-Gurdy from the Pórtico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela



Reconstructed hurdy-gurdy (1991)

Images of other instruments from the Pórtico below