. Musical instruments . ni., W . Nj in. No. ?.•.?.j-»i(>.\i( am! .\ll>i il Mnsi o = ?11 U^ ?05 EUROPEAN: THE MIDDLE AGES. lol A very beautiful vidtc is repre- ty sented in Fig. 36. It is of French workmanship of about1550, with monograms of Henri and is i)reserved in theMuseum. The contrivance of placing a string or two at the side of thefinger-board is evidently very old, and was also graduallyadopted on other instruments of the violin class of a somewhatlater period than that of the vielle ; for instance, on the liradi braccio of the Italians. It was likewise adopted
. Musical instruments . ni., W . Nj in. No. ?.•.?.j-»i(>.\i( am! .\ll>i il Mnsi o = ?11 U^ ?05 EUROPEAN: THE MIDDLE AGES. lol A very beautiful vidtc is repre- ty sented in Fig. 36. It is of French workmanship of about1550, with monograms of Henri and is i)reserved in theMuseum. The contrivance of placing a string or two at the side of thefinger-board is evidently very old, and was also graduallyadopted on other instruments of the violin class of a somewhatlater period than that of the vielle ; for instance, on the liradi braccio of the Italians. It was likewise adopted on the lute,to obtain a fuller power in the bass ; and hence arose thetheorbo, the archlnte, and other varieties of the old lute. A grand assemblage of musical performers is represented onthe Portico della Gloria of the famous pilgrimage church ofSantiago de Compostella, in Spain. This triple portal, whichis stated by an inscription on the lintel to have been executedin the year 1188, consists of a large semi-circular arch with asmaller arch on either side. The central arch is filled by at
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