chekker

chekker is a box zither.

Also recorded as archiquier; eschequier; scaquer; scacarum; Schachtbret.

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Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1934 to 1953.

Checking inside horse's cheeks for ulcers, held by Wellcome Collection. M0005296: Man cupping the cheek of a youth, dated November 1937, held by Wellcome Collection. Alveolus, cheek, maxilla A-J, dated 1934-1945, held by Wellcome Collection. Face with rosy cheeks (artwork), dated 1940s, held by Wellcome Collection. Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - 'Cheek ulcer', held by Wellcome Collection. Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'Cheek Supporting' pox, held by Wellcome Collection. C.A. Hayman, Artificial cheek, eye and palate., held by Wellcome Collection. M0012906: Illustration of operation on the cheek for harelip, dated April 1953, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 189 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Chekker, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Another chekker reference, Early Music, 1980. The myth of the chekker, Early Music, 1979. The Capture of the Chekker, The Galpin Society Journal, 1998. The Capture of the Chekker, Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages, 2017.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1934Alveolus, cheek, maxilla A-J (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1937M0005296: Man cupping the cheek of a youth (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1940Face with rosy cheeks (artwork) (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Another chekker reference, Early Music, 1980

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Chekker, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    The Capture of the Chekker, Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    The Capture of the Chekker, The Galpin Society Journal, 1998

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    The myth of the chekker, Early Music, 1979

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 189 works naming chekker.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5676660: chekker

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  8. 8.

    “Chekker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Collectables

10,480 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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