ILLUSTRATIONS

The Artist’s Wife. A Van Dyck[Frontispiece]
Sir George Donaldson’s Duiffoproucart Viola da Gamba, sketched by D. Freeborn RobertsTo face page [74]
“The King” Violoncello by Andreas Amati[110]
“The King,” Side View[114]
Back of the “Vaslin” Violoncello[126]
Back of Carved Violoncello by Galli[176]
Viola di Bordone from the South Kensington Museum, from a Painting by D. Freeborn Roberts[184]
Benjamin Hallet[210]
Ravanastron[21]
Ancient Egyptian Guitars[22]
Rabab[29]
Kemangeh à Gouze[32]
The Rebec[44]
Spanish Minstrel[45]
Figure from St Georges de Boscerville[49]
Bas-relief, Cologne Cathedral[50]
Nun playing Marine Trumpet. Sketch by Author[58]
Example from Simpson’s “Division-Viol”[80]

The Opening bars of the Chant of Ab’oo Zeyd