Venus playing a psaltery with 15 strings. On her left is a threestring fiddle and bow, and on her right a mandora. The original picture comes from a Dutch astrological treatise of the early fourteenth century. It is one of many uncommon illustrations that appear in “The Book of Music” reviewed today.
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Press, 4 March 1989, Page 23
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52Venus playing a psaltery with 15 strings. On her left is a threestring fiddle and bow, and on her right a mandora. The original picture comes from a Dutch astrological treatise of the early fourteenth century. It is one of many uncommon illustrations that appear in “The Book of Music” reviewed today. Press, 4 March 1989, Page 23
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