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Copy of an illumination from a manuscript in the Bibliothèque royale at Paris of the eleventh century. The player wears a crown on his head; and in the original some musicians placed at his side are performing on the psalterium and other instruments. These last are figured with uncovered heads; whence M. de Coussemaker concludes that the crout was considered 95by the artist who drew the figures as the noblest instrument. It was probably identical with the rotta of the same century on the continent.

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Musical Instruments
Written by Carl Engel
Published in 1875
Available from gutenberg.org

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Thursday 30 July 2020

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11th Century, France, musical instrument, musicians, Stringed instrument

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