Cister

A cister or cittern is a stringed plucked instrument of the lute group. It differs from the lute by its longer fingerboard, flat back sounding-board, and a less number of strings.
The cister of Stary Olsa band is made by Belarusian master Sergey Smut, 2006.

Frescos of St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv, the South-Western Tower, the wall of the corridor with stairs, 11th c.

A fragment of the miniature David plays, scribes write, and people blow, Explanatory Psalter, early 16th c., Vilnian School

A fragment of the engraving March by Aliaksandr Tarasievič, an illustration to Mareszalek’s book Rosarium et officium B. Mariae Virginis, Viĺnia, 17th c.