The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 271
n the earliest rotes (Fig. 194), those made in the thirteenth century,there is an évident intention of conibining the two modes of playing on thestrings—rubbing witli a bow and touching with tbe fingers. The box,which was not hoUowed ont and rounded at the two ends, was much deeperat the lower end,… … Fig. 194—King David playing- on a Roie. From a Painted Window of the Thirteenth Centun-.(Chapel of the Virgin, Cathedral of Troyes.) string-bridge in front of the sounding-holes. It must hâve been difficult totouch with the bow one string alone, but it should be remarked that theharmonie idéal of…
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