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Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: E.—Quinterna, of Chiterna more
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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