The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 278
m their realacceptation. The lyre, the stringed instrument par excellence of the Greeks andRomans, preserved its primitive form as late as the tenth century. Thestrings were generally of twisted gut, hut sometimes also of brass wire,and varied in number from three to eight. The sounding-box, which… … Fig. 178.—Ancient Lyre. (Angers MS.) Fig. 179-—Lyre of the North. (Ninth Century.) the strings with one hand, either with the fingers or by means of a plectrum.The lyre specified as Northern (Fig. 179), was certainly the origin ofthe violin, to the shape of which it even then bore some resemblance;…
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