Hippolytus On the Psaltery and the Psalms

David alone of the prophets prophesied with an instrument, called by the Greeks the “psaltery,” and by the Hebrews the “nabla,” which is the only musical instrument that is quite straight, and has no curve. And the sound does not come from the lower parts, as is the case with the lute and certain other instruments, but from the upper. For in the lute and the lyre the brass when […]

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