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| Keywords: Sir J. Hawkins - 1776 - Citole.jpg en Engraving of the citole now in British Museum published in 1776 by Sir John Hawking in the fourth volume of his A general history of the science and practice of music Letters are used to give dimensions The dimensions of the instrument are as follow From the extremity of the tail-pin to the dragon's head two feet From A to B seven inches and a half From C to D six inches Length of the belly thirteen inches Ehickness at E one inch at F four and a half 1776 The image originally appeared in J Hawkins http //www archive org/details/generalhistoryof04hawk A general history of the science and practice of music Vol 4 p 343 T Payne and Son London 1776 This is a better reproduction from a recent paper P Kevin et al http //www britishmuseum org/pdf/BMTRB 202 20Kevin pdf A musical instrument fit for a queen the metamorphosis of a Medieval citole The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 2 2008 pp 13-28 Sir John Hawkins 29 March 1719 “ 21 May 1789 English author Custom license marker 2012 01 23 PD-old-100-1923 Uploaded with UploadWizard Citole British Museum citole ca 1300 converted into violin in 16th century | ||||
