Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Scan 452

The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909

8 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 376. See the scan on archive.org.

1is given of the musical part of the subject as follows: "In the foreground, in the vacant space of the semicircle formed by the table, at which the guests of the marriage at Cana are seated, Titian is playing on the Double-Bass, Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto on the Violoncello; a
3![A group of people seated around a table, with two men playing instruments, and a dog in the foreground.](https://i.imgur.com/3Q5z5QG.png)
5man with a cross on his breast is playing on the Violin, Bassano is blowing the Flute, and a Turkish slave the Sackbut."
7The naming of the performers is presumably correct, and greatly heightens our interest in the group musically. It is clear, however, that the nomenclature of the instruments is erroneous. In the engraved section of the famous picture here

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.