Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . ,-)(il .502 .-,(i;) 5C3—Sixteenth Century Italian Mandola ... u(ie,t ,. Mandola or cithern of wood, having a pear-shaped body, withcircular pierced rose in the sounding hoard, straight and double curved head, and ebony pegs. The mandola(not to he confused with the mandolin ) was strung with two setsof strings, one above the other, hoth being supported on moldedbridges. / Length, 89% inches. .jtit Sixteenth Century Italian Lu
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . ,-)(il .502 .-,(i;) 5C3—Sixteenth Century Italian Mandola ... u(ie,t ,. Mandola or cithern of wood, having a pear-shaped body, withcircular pierced rose in the sounding hoard, straight and double curved head, and ebony pegs. The mandola(not to he confused with the mandolin ) was strung with two setsof strings, one above the other, hoth being supported on moldedbridges. / Length, 89% inches. .jtit Sixteenth Century Italian Lute y« - c /o , c L,*> Pear-shaped body of wood, with pieroep circular rose, straightneck and tapering head set at an anglei/ Length, .V> >> inches. ,5(—Sixteenth Century Italian Lute (r0 Pear-shaped body of wood, with pierced circular rose, straight neck and tapering head set at an angle. Length, 39% .5(50—Sixteenth Century Italian Spinet a *^C fQ-^LA_Jy^yyPlain wooden case of pentagonal form, having a sounding hoardoverstrung with wire, and a molded cornice and base. From oneside projects the keyboard with wooden keys, shaped bracket-ings at either end and a molded base. There is no stand. Thisinstrument is signed and dated: Opus . D. D. K. IannisFrancisci Brixiani . MDXXX. Length, 5(5 inches; width, 19 inches. Note: The earliest spinet in existence, now in Paris, was made atVerona in the year 1523, only seven years before this example was madeat Brescia. .567—Fifteenth Century Italian II
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