A handbook of Bible and church music .. . word is not found in Authorized Version,and only once or so in Revised Version, Isa. v. 12,where Authorized Version has viol. It occursabout seven times in Prayer Book Version of thePsalms. 2. Viol. Heb. nehel; see psaltery (p. 51). InAuthorized Version it occurs Isa. v. 12 ; xiv. 11 ;Amos V. 23 ; vi. 5. The old English viol cannotbe the representative of the nebel, as the formerwas played with a bow, was the successor of themediaeval fiddle, and the predecessor of the moremodern violin and viola (G.). Such an instru-ment seems never to have existed in
A handbook of Bible and church music .. . word is not found in Authorized Version,and only once or so in Revised Version, Isa. v. 12,where Authorized Version has viol. It occursabout seven times in Prayer Book Version of thePsalms. 2. Viol. Heb. nehel; see psaltery (p. 51). InAuthorized Version it occurs Isa. v. 12 ; xiv. 11 ;Amos V. 23 ; vi. 5. The old English viol cannotbe the representative of the nebel, as the formerwas played with a bow, was the successor of themediaeval fiddle, and the predecessor of the moremodern violin and viola (G.). Such an instru-ment seems never to have existed in Palestine,Egypt, or Assyria—at least, it never appears ontheir monuments (E.). The viol, however, wasa bowed instrument, having three to six the plectrum was mistaken for the bow. A few words may be added about the is some difference of opinion as to itsbirthplace. Many writers claim a Westernorigin, and trace it to the Welsh crwth or theRussian * gudok. It then passed to Italy and 64 PATRIARCHAL AND HEBREW. GROUP OF WESTERN LYRES. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TERMS. 65
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