. Musical instruments . A small psalteriumwith strings placedover a sound-boardwas a])parently theprototype of tYiccitole,a kind of dulcimerwhich was playedwith the fingers(Fig. 28). The nameswere not only often vaguely applied by the mediaeval writers,but they changed also in almost every century. The psal-terium, or psalterion (Italian saltcrio, Enghsh psaltery), of thefourteenth century and lattu had the tra])ezium sha]ie of thedulcimer. The frequently accompanied their vocal IlC. 2; -N/.uLiM. liuiii A gth century MS. atAngers. EUROPEAN: THE MIDDEE AGES. 87 effusions with a ha
. Musical instruments . A small psalteriumwith strings placedover a sound-boardwas a])parently theprototype of tYiccitole,a kind of dulcimerwhich was playedwith the fingers(Fig. 28). The nameswere not only often vaguely applied by the mediaeval writers,but they changed also in almost every century. The psal-terium, or psalterion (Italian saltcrio, Enghsh psaltery), of thefourteenth century and lattu had the tra])ezium sha]ie of thedulcimer. The frequently accompanied their vocal IlC. 2; -N/.uLiM. liuiii A gth century MS. atAngers. EUROPEAN: THE MIDDEE AGES. 87 effusions with a harp, more or less triangular in shape, aninstrument which may be considered rather as constitutingthe transition of the lyre into the harj). The harp wasespecially popular in central and northern Europe, andwas the favourite instrument of the German and Celticbards and of the Scandinavian skalds. In the next illus-. Fir,. 29 —Hari. From a 9th century MS. formerly in tlip monastery of St. Ulasius in the Black Forest. tration (Fig. 29) from the manuscript of tlie St. Blasius twelve strings and two sound-holes are givento it. A harp similar in form ,uul si/c, hut witliout the 88 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. front ])illar, was known to the ancient Egyptians. Perhapsthe addition was also non-existent in the earliest specimensappertaining to European nations ; and a sculptured figureof a small harp constructed like the ancient eastern harp hasbeen discovered in the old church of Ullard in the countyof Kilkenny. This curious relic, which is said to date froma period anterior to the year 800, is illustrated in Buntings Ancient Music of Ireland. As Bunting was the first whodrew attention to this sculpture his account of it may interestthe reader. The drawing, he says, is taken from one ofthe ornamental compartments of a scupltured cross, at theold church of Ullard. From the style of the workmanshi
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