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The British Museum Citole, England, ca. 1280-1330
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alleycat feddit.org alleycat@feddit.org
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Citole in the British Museum

Citole, formerly known as a gittern, later remodelled as a violin; wood, silver gilt, glass. The original parts are the back, sides and neck; the new parts are the sound-board with vaulted profile, the finger-board, tailpiece and bridge; a silver gilt plate engraved with the Garter and arms of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been placed above the pegbox. The centre part of the trefoil is a replacement.The carved decorative panels with forest scenes comprising huntsmen, foresters, animals, the end terminating in a dragon.

Entry for Citole on Wikipedia

Demonstration by Kate McWilliams of "Unprofitable Instruments", who has studied the instrument
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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-06-01
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Bard from RPG: well, I need to fight from time to time, so yeah. This.
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Catoblepas lemmy.blahaj.zone Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Good Christ at the level of carving detail on that! What part is glass, the dragon’s eyes? What a cool piece of work.
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alleycat Moderator alleycat@feddit.org
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Catoblepas wrote:
Good Christ at the level of carving detail on that! What part is glass, the dragon’s eyes? What a cool piece of work.

What part is glass, the dragon’s eyes?

Exactly! Here's a close-up:

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