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 268
and the sounding-holes were made inthe shape of a crescent. From this time the rote acquired a special cha-racter it had not lost even in the sixteenth century, when it became thebass-viol. This was its true destination. The size of the instrumentdictated the manner in which it was held, either on… … Fig. 195.—German Musicians playing on the Violin and Bass-Viol.Drawn and Engraved by J. Amman. performer against his chin or his breast, in much the same way as theviolin is now used (Fig. 196). The box, which was at first conical andconvex, became gradually oval in shape, and the handle remained…
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