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 269
In the earliest rotes (Fig. 194), those made in the thirteenth century,there is an evident intention of combining the two modes of playing on thestrings—rubbing with a bow and touching with the fingers. The box,which was not hollowed out and rounded at the two ends, was much deeperat the lower end,… … Fig. 194.—King David playing on a Rote. From a Painted Window of the Thirteenth Century.(Chape! of the Virgin, Cathedral of Troyes.) string-bridge in front of the sounding-holes. It must have been difficult totouch with the bow one string alone, but it should be remarked that theharmonic ideal of…
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