Content: Written on border: "Early form of violin ; 4 strings to play with bow ; from the Abbey Church at Vezelay; early 1100s ; the word 'vièle' now used for hurdy gurdy."
Source Note: Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la renaissance. (Paris : Bance, 1858-1875) Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel (1814-1879), Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 24.3 x 15.5 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17931258
Barcode: 33333159450390
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eb6aa5d0-c558-012f-4dab-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1858

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Vièle." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858 - 1875. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb6aa5d0-c558-012f-4dab-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1858 - 1875). Vièle. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb6aa5d0-c558-012f-4dab-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Vièle." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb6aa5d0-c558-012f-4dab-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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