Music in the Bedern

Pages & Document Description:
34 - 40; figs
Author:
Wolfe, Menya
Abstract:
Reports the discovery of thirteen harp tuning pegs of bone in York, eleven from the site in question and two from Aldwark. Includes discussion of medieval and Renaissance music especially stringed instruments, and the purpose and nature of tuning pegs, along with the possible form of the harps from which these examples came. Holroyd, Isabel
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Classifications:
8F
Source description:
figs.

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