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The Celtic harp developed into an instrument distinct from other types of medieval harp. For instance, it featured a trapezoid-shaped soundboard, curved column, and wire strings. Irish bards who traveled extensively throughout Europe brought knowledge of this style of instrument to the continent. Dante references this instrument in his writings ...
String instrument; Other names: cláirseach, ... The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp ... During the medieval period, the wire-strung harp was in demand ...
Circa 1200 A.D, England. David playing a harp. Resembles Celtic harp. Circa 1280 A.D., Spain. Sephardic Jewish musicians playing harps in the Musicians Codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Lute [55] Rebec or rebab (left), lute right. Circa 1376, Spain. Lute player, detail from Mare de Déu de la Llet (Our Lady of Milk) by Lorenzo Zaragoza ...
The Trinity College harp is the national symbol of Ireland, being depicted on national heraldry, Euro coins and Irish currency. A left-facing image of this instrument was used as the national symbol of Ireland from 1922, and was specifically granted to the State by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1945. [7]
Stone carvings indicate the instruments known in Scotland, including the harpists on the early Medieval Monifeith Pictish stone and the Dupplin Cross. [6] Two of the three surviving Medieval Celtic harps are from Scotland: the Lamont Harp, dated to about 1500 and the highly elaborate Queen Mary Harp, from around 1450. [7]
The Armenian translation of the Bible gives a lot of information about early medieval Armenian musical instruments. The translators of the Bible use the name harp among other quite popular musical instruments. In Armenian a verb has been formed from the name of the instrument: տաւղել which means to play the harp.
The harp (or clarsach) was an instrument associated with medieval Scottish culture. This one, now in the Museum of Scotland, is one of only three surviving medieval Gaelic harps. In the Middle Ages, Scotland was renowned for its musical skill. Gerald of Wales tells us that:
Looking in art for clues to the triple-pipe's place in culture, Brown notes that the instruments were carved into the artwork in high crosses, played by clerical figures, placed musically with a harp or lyre. [4] These things possibly indicate an elevated status for the instrument in medieval Gaelic society. [4]