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Lira da braccio
The Ashmolean's lira is one of the few instruments of this kind that survives, and the smallest. It has five strings and two unstopped bourdon strings. The back is of a single piece of maple, the front a single piece of spruce. The lower bouts curve inwards towards the tailpin.The pegbox, ebony fingerboard, and tailpiece appear to be original. The instrument shows little sign of wear, especially o…
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/3181
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6473
- Musical instrument
Date
- c.1580
- 1580~
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/3181
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6473
- Musical instrument
Date
- c.1580
- 1580~
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Place-Time
- Venice (Timezone: Europe/Rome)
- Venezia (Veröffentlichung)
Identifier
- #MINIM-UK:31674
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-12-16T15:27:33.841Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-12-17T12:57:36.684Z