- The
cittern or
cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a
stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance.
Modern scholars...
- was an
Irish luthier who
introduced a type of
bowed psaltery known as the
cither viol or sultana. He is
regarded as one of Ireland's most
influential violin...
- classics. van Gulik, R.H. (1951). "Brief Note on the Cheng, the
Chinese Small Cither". Toyo
Ongaku Kenkyu: The
Journal of the
Society for the
Research of Asiatic...
- grammar, glamor, grimoire; δίσκος discus: disc, dish, dais, and desk; κιθάρα
cither: guitar, zither, gittern, cittern, etc.; κρύπτη crypt: grotto, (under)croft;...
- inhumanity,
especially when they
involve irregulars, but this is
rarely cither premeditated or systemic. The
German campaign in the
Soviet Union was both...
-
Sciagraphia is an
illustration (plate 7) of a
Dominici Zwölff Chörichte
Cither (Dominici
twelve course cittern), with re-entrant b****
string tunings of...
- ages. The "Zhetigen" ("Seven strings")
could be seen as a
member of the
cither family,
finding equivalents in China, with the
strings being divided each...
-
compositions of sun, moon and
twelve zodiacal signs, a
round dance to
drums and
cither and
several other scenes from 14th-century life. On the
walls of the church...
-
parts of the apparatus'under each car. The
apparatus is
applicable for
cither direct current or
alternating current motors. Also
called Westinghouse electro-pneumatic...
- was
regarded as
excellent and comprehensive. He
learned how to
handle a
cither, to play the flute, and to dance, and,
while exercising in the gymnasium...
