“This is a window into the past... we have the opportunity for the first time in modern history of listening to a medieval sound which is a thousand years old,“ said David Catalunya, a Spanish researcher who has worked for more than five years to bring the 11th-century instrument back to life.
Dating nearly as far back as the invention of the instrument itself, it was discovered in 1906 at the Biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ.
Currently housed in the Monastery of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem's Old City, the instrument is set to be displayed in a museum of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.
“This is not a fossil, this is the real object and the real sound,“ he told AFP.
It was discovered “almost by chance”, according to Father Eugenio Alliata, a Franciscan archaeologist attached to the mission in charge of several holy sites, including the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
It was seemingly buried with “utmost care”, according to Catalunya, meaning researchers were able to reconstruct the instrument with painstaking care.
“It was an immense honour to witness and participate in their resurrection,“ he continued.
While the oldest organs studied by historians are from the 15th century, this one was built in the 11th century in France before being transported to Bethlehem by Crusaders in the 12th century, Catalunya said.
He hopes the discovery will spark more interest in what the research team simply calls the “Bethlehem organ”, which Torrente says has not yet sung all its tunes -AFP
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