The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 251
Fig. 167.—Sambute, or Sackbut, of the Ninth Century. (Boulogne ^IS.) by adapting to it the system of holes, which up to that time had been thecharacteristic of flutes (Fig. 168). But among all the wind instruments of the Middle Ages, theorgan was the one most imposing in its nature, and destined to… … Fig. 168.—German ilusician sounding the Military Trumpet. Drawn and Engraved by J. Amman. glorious career. The only instrument of this kind known by the ancientswas the water-organ, in Avhich a key-board of twenty-six keys correspondedto the same number of pipes ; and the air, acted upon by the…
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