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The History Of The Violin, 1864
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1on the early part of his history. He mentions the figure of the celebrated Colin Muset at the porch of St. Julien des Menestrier at Paris, of the date of 1240, playing on a rebec or violin; but the hospital of St. Julien and St. Genès (who was a Roman mime martyred in the time of Dioclesian, and adopted as the patron saint of his profession) was founded by the Corporation of Minstrels about the year 1330, and the figure called Colin Muset by Laborde, is by others said to have been King Chilperic, or St. Genès himself. The church referred to was destroyed in the time of the French Revolution. The instrument is mentioned by Aimeric de Peyrac in the thirteenth century, and is frequently named in the fourteenth century. It was played on by Absolon, Chaucer's parish clerk, who appears also to have been a distinguished dancer.
3"In twenty maners he coude skip and daunce,
4After the scole of Oxenforde tho,
5And with his legges casten to and fro;
6And pleyen songes on a small rubible."
8The instrument is named with the Idle Apprentice in the "Cook's Tale."
10A gay young clergyman of the time of Edward II. when he goes out—
12"He putteth in his pawtener
13A kerchyf and a comb,
14A skewer and a coyf
15To bynd with hys loks,
16And ratyl in the rowbyble
17And in non other boks
18Ne mos."
20Gerbert quotes Gerson of the fifteenth century, who names the viella, the rota, and the rebella (that is, the rebec) together as bowed instruments. We have given
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