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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
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1his first period—spent considerable time in experiment.
3A great peculiarity of his instruments consists in the external decoration. The neck sometimes ends in the ordinary scroll-form, sometimes it takes that of a salamander (emblem of Francis I.), sometimes that of a man's head—occasionally a representation of his own, in which thoughtfulness and energy may be traced. The breasts are generally ornamented with coats of arms in colours, or regal crowns executed in gold; the backs either with views or plans of towns (for instance, Rome or Paris), in inlaid wood work or with oil-paintings (the Madonna or other holy
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