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English: Illustration of a woman on a donkey playing a cithara while two servants stand beside the donkey holding a guitar.

Caption on 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 12, p. 704

From Dr H. Janitschek's Geschichte der deutschen Malerei.
Fig. 4. — Representation of a European Guitar. A.D. 1180.
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Source 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 12, p. 704
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From Dr H. Janitschek's Geschichte der deutschen Malerei.
   Fig. 4. — Representation of a European Guitar. A.D. 1180.

Kathleen Schlesinger (who wrote the article this appeared in) felt the instrument held by the leading man was a guitar; however research later in the century offers another possibility; it could also be a plucked fiddle. Ephraim Segerman defined the instruments as resembling the citoles (which resembled the guitar but had wing projections at the top.)[1] The plucked fiddles lacked the wing projections and were rounded, so that the instrument could also resemble the guitar.[1]

Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
  1. a b Segerman, Ephraim (April 1999). "A Short History of the Cittern". The Galpin Society Journal 52: 106–107.

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