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The ravanastron he brought home with him from India, and under the name Rebec it found its way into
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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Rebec and its bow, partially obscured behind a cabinet door.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Rebec and its bow, partially obscured behind a cabinet door.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Rebec! and even like Henri, although the models are rarer.
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Fiddle named a Lyre in the manuscript and the Rebec.
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Europe by the Arabians of Spain, and well known from the Middle Ages down to the last century by the name of the Rebec; it had probably, on its first introduction, only two strings, as it still has among the
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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When he had reached this village of Rebec he considered how he could fortify it; but there was no means of doing so except by putting up a few barriers, for it could be entered on every side.
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
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The representation we have of the instrument certainly conveys the idea of its having been a progenitor of the Rebec of the French, the Ribeca of the Italians, and the Fithele and the Geige of the Germans.
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Knight was at Rebec with a small company, and greatly rejoiced, for it was decided to go and surprise him by night.
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
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Bonnivet said to the Good Knight: "My lord Bayard, you must go to Rebec with two hundred men-at-arms and the foot-soldiers of de Lorges, and so find out what is going on in Milan and check the arrival of their provisions."
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
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