The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 287
. In the earliest rotes (Fig. 194), those made in the thirteenth century,there is an evident intention of combining the two modes of playing on thestrings—rubbing with a bow and touching with the fingers. The box,which was not hollowed out and rounded at the two ends, was much deeperat the lower… … Fig. 194.—King David playing on a Rote. From a Painted Window of the Thirteenth Century.(Chapel of the Virgin, Cathedral of Troyes.) string-bridge in front of the sounding-holes. It must have been difficult totouch with the bow one string alone, but it should be remarked that theharmonic ideal of…
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