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Scan 37

Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864

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1but two strings; as was the case, long afterwards, with other instruments which will be mentioned farther on. A manuscript of the eleventh century, formerly belonging to the Abbey of Saint Martial de Limoges, but now in the Imperial Library, Paris (No. 1118 of the Latin MSS.), contains some representations of instruments, very rudely designed, among which there occurs the figure of a crowned personage, who holds in his left hand a crouth with three strings, which he plays with the bow in his right, as here shown:
3![A crowned personage playing a crouth with three strings, holding a bow in his right hand.](https://i.imgur.com/3Q5z5QG.png)
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