His enumeration combines instruments that modern organology would classify as lyres (lyra, barbiton) and as harps (psalterium, pectis).
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The book has seven sections (or 'strings to itslyre', as he coyly puts it).
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First of all, fidicula and fides are regular terms for thelyre.
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Although initially thelyre-ic speaker marks his ownership of such deeper and richer music, "strain" and "refrain" are repeated in the rentrement without the possessive pronoun.
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I regret that it is not at present possible to extend the classes of persons who may obtain such lyres.
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In so far as songs may inspirit us, they will not be from hislyre.
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They played thelyre, but they never played the harp.
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Above the escutcheon is decorative mantling and alyreas the crest.
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She is usually depicted sitting down, holding alyre, accompanying the ballerinas' choirs with her music.
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The symbol is alyreand the official flower is a red carnation, exemplifying the fraternity's colors.
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They depict a standing double flute player and a sitting musician playing a triangular-shapedlyreor harp.
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In this sense the inclination of both faces of thelyredecreases the angle of incidence of sunlight on the clusters.
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The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes from the lyrate (lyre-shaped) leaves.
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Design elements such as a scroll, cross, flower,lyre, and spear motifs can be seen throughout the wrought iron.
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Innis points out that music was central to the oral tradition and thelyreaccompanied the performance of the epic poems.
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