Lute

Lute

The lute is a string plucked instrument with a wooden teardrop-shaped body. According to iconography, the mediaeval lute was known in Belarus since the 15th c. The Italian lute of a Renaissance type spread in Belarus in the 16th c. (thanks to Queen Bona Sforza).

The lute of Stary Olsa made by German master Bernie Lehmann.

A fragment of an engraving in Adamo Sulinski's book Plausus epithalamicus inter nuptias... , Vilnia, 1644
A fragment of the fresco Christ In Praetorium of St. Trinity Chapel, 15th c., Lublin, Poland, painted by Belarusian masters under auspices of Artist Andrej
Early Instruments of Belarus documentary by Zmicier Sasnouski. Lute 18:39 .
 

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