3/16/2023 0 Comments Endview last bison chords![]() ![]() 2 The British Museum citole dates from the early 14th century, a dating that will be discussed within this volume. The citole is a plucked stringed instrument used in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, which was held by means of the thumbhole in its short neck. As the only substantially extant instrument of its kind to survive from the Middle Ages, this citole has been collected by aristocracy and proudly displayed in a number of exhibitions prior to its acquisition by the British Museum in A brief introduction to the history of the citole will assist the reader in understanding the complex story of this particular instrument. 1), 1 and in the centuries that followed this unique instrument has been called a violin, fiddle, viol, gittern and finally citole, with some terms used interchangeably. Hawkins described it as a violin of a very singular form encumbered with a profusion of carving (Pl. Li autres la citole mainne: Towards a 104 Reconstruction of the Citole s Performance Practice Mauricio MolinaĤ Appendix A: 111 A Musical Instrument Fit For a Queen: The Metamorphosis of a Medieval Citole Philip Kevin, James Robinson, Susan La Niece, Caroline Cartwright and Chris Egerton Appendix B: 125 The British Museum Citole: An Organological Study Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams Glossary 142 Contributors 144 Bibliography 146 Index 152 iv The British Museum Citoleĥ Introduction Naomi Speakman Since its first known mention in Sir John Hawkins s A General History of the Science and Practice of Music of 1776, the British Museum citole has been a source of interest and also confusion. Cytolle, Guiterne, Morache: A Revision of 93 Terminology Crawford Young 11. Strings and Theories of Stringing in the Times of 84 the Citole and Early Cittern John Koster 10. The British Museum Citole: Blurring Boundaries 79 Between the Visual and the Aural and the Fine and Decorative Arts Ann Marie Glasscock Part 3: Technical and Performance 9. Dudley s Penance: The Gift of a Musical 73 Instrument at Elizabeth s Court Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams 8. The British Museum Citole as a 16th-century 61 Violin: Context and Attribution Benjamin Hebbert 7. ![]() Heroes and Villains: The Medieval Guitarist and 51 Modern Parallels Carey Fleiner Part 2: Elizabethan 6. Citolers in the Household of the King of England 45 Richard Rastall 5. Love and Measure: The Courtly Associations 39 of the Late Medieval Citole Andrew Taylor 4. Alioquin Deficeret Hic Instrumentum Illud 15 Multum Vulgare : A Brief Overview of Citoles in Art and Literature c Alice C. The Decorative Sculpture of the British Museum 1 Citole and its Visual Context Phillip Lindley 2. Further information about the Museum and its collection can be found at .ģ Contents Introduction v Naomi Speakman Image Gallery of the British Museum Citole x Part 1: Medieval 1. All British Museum images illustrated in this book are The Trustees of the British Museum. The manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. British Museum, 1963, Printed and bound in the UK by 4edge Ltd, Hockley Papers used by The British Museum Press are recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests and other controlled sources. 1 The British Museum Citole: New Perspectives Edited by James Robinson, Naomi Speakman and Kathryn Buehler- McWilliamsĢ Published with the generous support of Sir John Fisher Foundation The Golsoncott Foundation Publishers The British Museum Great Russell Street London wc1b 3dg Series editor Sarah Faulks Distributors The British Museum Press 38 Russell Square London wc1b 3qq The British Museum Citole: New Perspectives Edited by James Robinson, Naomi Speakman and Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams isbn issn The Trustees of the British Museum 2015 Front cover: detail of the British Museum citole, c, h.
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