Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle · leaf 316
tuba, the cormia, the buccincB, and the litui.-^Th.e tubals supposedto have been exactly like our trumpet, running on wider and wider in a direct line to the orifice.—The cormia were bent almost round ; they owe their name and originalto the horns of beasts, put to the same use in the ruder… … 274 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. crooked.—The litui were a middle kind between the cornua and tuhcB, being almoststraight, only a httle turning in at the top, like the litims or sacred rod of the augurs;whence they borrowed their name.—These instruments being all made of brass, theplayers on them went under…
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