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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864
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1Many viols of the thirteenth century have five strings, according to the monuments which exhibit them: so, likewise, have those of which Jerome of Moravia speaks, in the work before mentioned. The form of these instruments is always that of the guitar; which form is steadily preserved throughout the fourteenth century. The absence of the bridge is the most remarkable peculiarity of these figures, which invariably appear under this shape:
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7In a great many figures of viols or vielles which we meet with on monuments, in manuscripts, and even in works of a date approaching our own time—such as those of Martin Agricola* and of Othmar Lucinius or Nachtgail †—we observe that some have bridges, and others have not, even at the same periods. Thus,
9* Musica instrumentalis deutsch, &c. printed at Wittemberg, by George Rhaw, 1529, sm. 8vo.
11† Musurgia seu Praxis musicæ. Illius primo quæ instrumentis agitur certa ratio, &c. Argentorati, apud Johannem Schottum, 1536, sm. obl. 4to.
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