The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 263
ght centuries without undergoing any kind of change than thatnaturally resulting from variations in the language. But the instrumentsthemselves, during this long interval of time, had been often modified tosuch extent that the primitive denomination not unfrequently appearedto contradict the… … Fig. 156.—Concert and Musical Instruments. From a Miniature in a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century become a wind-instrument.* So also the psaltery, which was originallytouched by a plectrum (stick) or with the fingers, now only gave forth itsnotes under the influence of a bow; an instrument that…
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