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Vielle
Vielle

The vielle is a bowed stringed instrument. It is a European instrument. It was used in the Medieval period. It is similar to a violin. It has a longer and deeper body than the violin. The vielle was also called a fidel or a viuola. Vielle is the French name for the instrument. It was one of the most popular instruments of the Medieval period. The vielle possibly came from the lira. The lira is a Byzantine bowed instrument. It is closely related to the Rebab. The Rebab is an Arab bowed instrument.

Images for kids

  • Peterborough Psalter vielle

    Player of a three-string vielle. In margin of Peterborough Psalter. Early 14th Century.

  • Vielles and Citole, Manuscript T (El Escorial, Biblioteca del Real Monasterio, MS. T. I. 1), fol. 5r, detail

    Spain c. 1280. Image cropped from the Cantigas de Santa Maria (codex MS T.I. 1). Two vielles (left) and a citole.

  • Viella2

    Modern reconstruction of a vielle depicted in a painting by Hans Memling

  • Anonymous vielle-player from the Codex Manesse

    Vielle from the Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, c. 1305-1315.

  • Fidulaconfrascos

    Modern build of a viella from Spain. Based on a sculpture instrument at the Mirta Caviello del Portico de la Gloria de Santiago de Compostela.

  • Codex Manesse 312r Reinmar der Fiedler

    Germany, c. 1305-1315. Reinmar the fiddler, from the Codex Manesse.


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