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| lira suméria - ca. 2500 A.C., do Cemitério Real de Ur, Iraque - madeira, lápis lazuli, oiro, prata, concha, betumen, em suporte de madria moderno. British Museum, Londres. Sumerian lyre - ca. 2500 B.C., Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq - wood, lapis lazuli, gold, silver, shell, bitumen, in modern wood support. British Museum, London. |
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| mandora, frente - ca. 1420, Itália - buxo, jacarandá e ébano. mandora, front - ca. 1420, Italy - boxwood, rosewood, ebony. |
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| mandora, costas - ca. 1420, Itália - buxo, jacarandá e ébano. mandora, back - ca. 1420, Italy - boxwood, rosewood, ebony. |
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| Francesco Salviati (1510–1563). O Alaudista. The Lute Player. |
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| Andreas Ruckers (1579-1645). clavicórdio - 1643, Antuérpia - redecorado no Século XIX. harpsichord - 1643, Antwerp - redecorated in the 19th century. |
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| violões-harpa - ca. 1910. harp guitars - ca. 1910. |
