EditorialArchlute, ca. 1725, Rome, Italy, Italian, Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, Height: 70 3/4 in. (179.7 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked, David Tecchler (Austrian, Salzburg 1666?1747 Rome), Sometime after the invention of the chitarrone ...
EditorialScene from an elegant carnival, Italy, 15th century. The women all wear red bodices and petticoats, green sleeves and white headdresses. The Turk wears a turban and gold robe. The man in front has a blue hat with plume, blue pelerine over white robe em...
EditorialKing kneeling before reliquary. Book of Hours. France; last quarter of 15th century. [Whole folio] Penitential Psalms. A king kneeling in church, before a reliquary, with musicians playing trumpets, lutes, and a portable organ. Psalm 6, begining with i...
EditorialA collection of lutes. Aja'ib-almakhlukat wa ghara'ib almaujudat. This is an undated translation from Arabic into Persian of the first part of 'Aja'ib-almakhlukat wa ghara'ib almaujudat' by the thirteenth century sage al-Kazwini (sometimes rendered as ...
EditorialOval dish with the story from Greek mythology of Apollo on Mount Helicon. The muses play musical instruments including harps, lutes and an organ. In the distance is Cupid with Pegasus, the winged horse. From Limoges, the principal centre for painted en...
EditorialKamanche, ca. 1880, Tehran, Iran (Persia), Iranian (Persian), Wood, metal, bone, gut, Height: 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Kamanches, or bowed lutes, are often elegantly inlaid or painted, but this example is decorated with ...
EditorialRebab, late 19th century, Algeria or Morocco, Algerian or Moroccan, Wood, parchment, metal, Height: 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, The term rebab refers to chordophones, particularly lutes and lyres, found in Islamic and Islami...
EditorialArchlute, ca. 1725, Rome, Italy, Italian, Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, Height: 70 3/4 in. (179.7 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked, David Tecchler (Austrian, Salzburg 1666?1747 Rome), Sometime after the invention of the chitarrone ...
EditorialScene from an elegant carnival, Italy, 15th century. The women all wear red bodices and petticoats, green sleeves and white headdresses. The Turk wears a turban and gold robe. The man in front has a blue hat with plume, blue pelerine over white robe em...
EditorialFashions from the mid 15th century showing a doctor (B), musicians playing lutes (G, O) and spinets (N), carrying jugs (P), cups (H) and mirrors (D), dancing (R, T), and drinking toasts (L, M). From a pen and ink drawing on parchment at the Grand Ducal...
EditorialOval dish with the story from Greek mythology of Apollo on Mount Helicon. The muses play musical instruments including harps, lutes and an organ. In the distance is Cupid with Pegasus, the winged horse. From Limoges, the principal centre for painted en...