Psaltery Collection

Persian Psaltery
Ancient Persian stringed instrument similar to the European psaltery

The arch of Laodicea in Syria, near Latakia
View of the ruins of the hexagonal court in the Heliopolis, Temple of Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Mistakenly labeled Arco di Laodicea

Two Sufi Dervish devotees at prayer
Two Dervish penitents performing prayer rituals in a Dervish lodge. One with his hair tied to the ceiling with a cord, and another with band around hands and knees holding prayer beads

Skeleton of Death leading an Old Man to his grave
Skeleton of Death playing a psaltery as he leads an Old Man to his grave. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816

Ancient Roman musical instruments.. Testudo or lyre of Amphion (1, 2), lyre held by Terpsichore (3), psaltery (4), triangular harp or Trigonium (5), Abyssinian testudo (6)

Dulcimer, a variety of psaltery or qanun played with hammers.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Dulcimer - a variety of the psaltery, has been in use from very early times. Represented on Assyrian monuments and mentioned in texts from the time of Nebuchadnezzar

Val d Ossau muscians
Val d Ossau men playing traditional local instruments to accompany dances. On the right we have a fiddler with his fiddle and on the right

David Plays his Psaltery
King David relaxes, strumming his psaltery

King Plays Psaltery
A king plays the psaltery

Italy / Nobles 14C
A group of noble people in the countryside, with falcons, dog and musical instruments

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