Fiddle based on 14th century
Italian iconography
Fiddle based on 14th century
Italian iconography.
Viola d’arco based on Sardinian iconography @ 1500
Transition fiddle based on Lorenzo Costa painting (San Petronio Curch, Bologna, 1492)
Rebec
A variety of instruments exhibited and played in Paris’ Musée de Cluny.
A variety of instruments exhibited and played in Paris’ Musée de Cluny.
Fiddle, rose
Fiddle, rose
Fiddle, rose
Viola d’arco, rose
Fiddle, pegbox
Fiddle, pegbox
Rebec, head
Viola d’arco, eagle’s head
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Medieval Instruments
There are no extant medieval bowed instruments, just occasional small pieces that have miraculously survived. For my fiddles and rebecs, I rely on the wealth of iconography of the period, along with the music and the texts, and the wonderful musicians who play this music today.
