hearpestre

hearpestre, f.n: a female harper. (HAY-arp-est-reh)

Royal 13 B VIII f.26

A woman playing a harp. Gerald of Wales’s Topographia Hiberniae. England, N. (Lincoln?), c. 1196-c. 1223. British Library, Royal 13 B VIII, f. 26r. [bl.uk]

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