Hidden sheet music in Hieronymus Bosch triptych recorded by blogger

Hidden Sheet Music Found In Famous Bosch Triptych
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516), The Garden of Earthly Delights, Central panel, Detail, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Prisma/UIG/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516), The Garden of Earthly Delights, Central panel, Detail, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Prisma/UIG/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***

An enterprising blogger has recorded a piece of music hidden in Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, bringing to life a series of notes that originally appeared on the backside of one of Bosch’s sinners.

Posting on her Tumblr, a self-described “huge nerd” called Amelia explained that she and a friend had been examining a copy of Bosch’s famous triptych, which was painted around the year 1500. “[We] discovered, much to our amusement,” she wrote. “[a] 600-years-old butt song from Hell.”

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