Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: E.—Quinterna, of Chiterna details |
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| Image title: | Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: E.—Quinterna, of Chiterna | |
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| Source: | Leighton, George C.: “Illustrated London News Vol 56” (1870) | |
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| Keywords: | musical instruments, greyscale | |
| Status: | public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required | |
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The quinterna, or chiterna, made at Hamburg in 1539, is ornamented with tortoise-shell, ivory figures, and precious stones; it has ten strings of cat-gut.” (p. 368) |
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