Plate CI · Musical Instruments
Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plate
(da V. Leroquais, Les peautiers mss. latins des bbl. publ. de France, Macon 1940-41, tav. 15)
(per cortesia della dott. L. Cercelli)
(fol. Alinari)
Above left: ANCIENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. From left to right: naulo, psaltery, timpanum, cithara, bell, trombones, tuba, pennula, chorus. Miniature from the Psalter-Hymnal with glosses of Abbot Odbert of St-Bertin (999) - Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibl. municipale 20, f. 2°. Above right: MUSICAL CHAPEL: singers and players with crumhorns and trombones. Copper engraving by Th. Galle (1537-1612) from the Encomium Musices, Antwerp, printed by J. Stradanus (ca. 1580) - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Below left: MUSIC-MAKING ANGELS. Above from left to right: psaltery, trumpet marine, lute, trumpet, bass oboe; below from left to right: straight trumpet, curved trumpet, portable organ, harp, fiddle. Painting by Hans Memling (ca. 1490) - Antwerp, Kl. Museum. Below right: ALLEGORY OF MUSIC. Above: 5 trumpets; below from left to right: viol-lute, harp, recorders, viola da braccio. Fresco by Pinturicchio in the Borgia Apartment (1492-95) - Vatican Apostolic Palace.