Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 330
he tiibcB, the cornua, the buccincB, and the litui.—The tubo is supposedto have been exactly like our trumpet, running on wider and wider in a direct line tothe orifice.—The cornua were bent almost round ; they owe their name and originalto the horns of beasts, put to the same use in the ruder… … 274 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. crooked.—The Ikui were a middle kind between the cornua and tubcB, being almoststraight, only a httle turning in at the top, hke the lituus or sacred rod of the augurs;whence they borrowed their name.—These instruments being all made of brass, theplayers on them went under…
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