The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 519
ncients were acquainted with all kindsof bells, but we must ascribe to the requirements of Christian worship the G G 450 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. first introduction of the instrument as we now know it. It was employedfrom the first in summoning the faithful to the pubKc services. In thefirst instance… … Fig. 395.—Organ with single Key-board of the Fourteenth Century .(Miniature from a Latin Psalter, No. 175, Bibl. Imp., Pari s.) bell, subsequently passed into the hands of the public criers, the societiesof ringers, and those who rang knells for the dead, at a time when mostof the churches were…
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