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Cythara

The cythara is a wide group of stringed instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe, including not only the lyre and harp but also necked, string instruments. In fact, unless a medieval document gives an indication that it meant a necked instrument, then it likely was referring to a lyre. It was also spelled cithara or kithara and was Latin for the…

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Classification
String instrument Plucked string instrument
Developed
c. 7th to 9th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.32 (necked lutes) (Chordophone instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck)

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Kathleen Schlesinger

Dr. Emanuel Winternitz

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Cythara

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples33
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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Cythara

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related to Gallery · 16
Cythara → Adoration, Cytharas, Folio, France, From, Has, Lamb, Like, Man, Manchester Beatus, Morgan Beatus, Pierpont, Rylands Beatus, Stuttgart Psalter, Stuttgart PsalterFrance, Utrecht Psalter
related to Winternitz's theory, a continuous chain · 13
Cythara → Bald Bible, Carolingian Renaissance, Charles, Dr, Emanuel Winternitz, From, He, Part, Stuttgart Psalter, The, To Winternitz, Utrecht Psalter, Winternitz
Classification · 1
Cythara → String instrument Plucked string instrument
Developed · 1
Cythara → c. 7th to 9th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Cythara → 321.32 (necked lutes) (Chordophone instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck)
is a · 1
Cythara → wide group of stringed instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe

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instruments instrument cithara guitar lyre psalter century neck one citole utrecht stuttgart also medieval fiddles 9th pictures necked body arms

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CytharaClassificationString instrument Plucked string instrument1.00infobox
CytharaDevelopedc. 7th to 9th century1.00infobox
CytharaHornbostel–Sachs classification321.32 (necked lutes) (Chordophone instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck)1.00infobox
Cytharais awide group of stringed instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe0.90text
Cythararelated to GalleryFrance0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryStuttgart PsalterFrance0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryStuttgart Psalter0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryHas0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryMan0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryLike0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryUtrecht Psalter0.60section
Cythararelated to GalleryRylands Beatus0.60section

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