Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecedebant Victimam et Hecatoniben (Trumpeteers, cornetists, lyre players, horn players, who precede the victims and sacrifice...) by an unknown artist [article]:Article Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress

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Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecedebant Victimam et Hecatoniben (Trumpeteers, cornetists, lyre players, horn players, who precede the victims and sacrifice...) by an unknown artist [article]

Detail from Tŭbicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qŭi praecedebant Victimam et Hecatoniben (Trumpeteers, cornetists, lyre players, horn players, who precede the victims and sacrifice...) by an unknown artist, 17th century? Dayton C. Miller Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Represented in this image are three musicians in toga-like garments, two of whom wear laurel wreaths, who play ancient Roman instruments. The translation of the text reads: "Trumpeteers, cornetists, lyre players, horn players, who precede the victims and sacrifice. In fact, the ancients never celebrated sacred rites without musical instruments and harmonic chants and hymns with which the gods' praises and encomia were being recited."[1]

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Translation courtesy of David Shive, Washington, DC, 1 December 2006. [back to article]

Last Updated: 03-07-2013

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