The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 284
was of a size that the top of it MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 215 did not extend higher than the head of the performer, who played upon itin a sitting posture (Fig. 190). There were, however, harps of a lightercharacter, which the musician bore suspended from his neck by a strap, andplayed upon while… … Fig. 189.—Harpers of the Twelfth Century, from Fig. 190.—Harp-player of the Fifteenth Century. a Miniature in a Bible. From an Enamelled Dish found near Soissons, and (MS. in the Bibl. Imp., Paris.) preserved in the Bibl. Imp., Paris. In the romances of chivalry harpers are constantly introduced,…
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