The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 265
iens. Notwithstanding all the efforts which were made to substitute wheels andkey-boards for the action of the fingers on the strings of instruments, stillthose that were played on by the hand only, such as harps and lutes, did notfail to maintain the preference among skilful musicians. The harp… … Fig. 187.—Triangular Saxon Harp of the Ninth Fig. 188.—Fifteen-stringed Harp of the Twelfth Centurj. (Bible of Charles le Chauve.) Century. (MS. in the Bibl. Imp., Paris.) (Fig. 187), in which the sounding-board occupied the whole of one sidefrom top to bottom, instead of being limited to the lower…
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