Hell mouth was characteristically a painted set of gaping jaws, perhaps on a separate smaller wagon wheeled in front of the main pageant; the unfortunate victim could then be seen to be devoured alive to the sound of pipes, drums and gitterns . . ..
32.
Although social attitudes towards instruments like the lute, rebec, and gittern may have changed in Spain much later with the cultural impact of the " Reconquista "-what is recorded in the " Cantigas " indicates the opposite during this period of history.
33.
Italian statesman and poet Dante Alighieri, referring to the qualities ( and possibly the structure ) of the gittern, said, " . . . just as it would be a blameworthy operation to make a spade of a fine sword or a goblet of a fine " chitarra " ."
34.
Although not proven to be completely separate from the line of lute-family instruments that dominated Europe ( lute, oud, gittern, mandore ), arguments have been made that they represent a European-based tradition of instrument building, which was for a time separate from the lute-family instruments.
35.
The first set back came in 1996 with " Alle zusammen-Jeder f�r sich ", which was produced for the Hinter Gittern " and ran for ten years and 403 episodes as a weekly soap on RTL . In the show's later seasons, fans and critics criticized " Hinter Gittern " for its plot holes and permanent change of authors.
36.
The first set back came in 1996 with " Alle zusammen-Jeder f�r sich ", which was produced for the Hinter Gittern " and ran for ten years and 403 episodes as a weekly soap on RTL . In the show's later seasons, fans and critics criticized " Hinter Gittern " for its plot holes and permanent change of authors.
37.
In 1977, Lawrence Wright published his article " The Medieval Gittern and Citole : A Case of Mistaken Identity . " in issue 30 of the Galpin Society Journal; with detailed references to primary historical source material revealing the gittern as a round-backed instrument-and the so-called'Warwick Castle gittern'( a flat-backed instrument ) as originally a citole.
38.
In 1977, Lawrence Wright published his article " The Medieval Gittern and Citole : A Case of Mistaken Identity . " in issue 30 of the Galpin Society Journal; with detailed references to primary historical source material revealing the gittern as a round-backed instrument-and the so-called'Warwick Castle gittern'( a flat-backed instrument ) as originally a citole.
39.
In 1977, Lawrence Wright published his article " The Medieval Gittern and Citole : A Case of Mistaken Identity . " in issue 30 of the Galpin Society Journal; with detailed references to primary historical source material revealing the gittern as a round-backed instrument-and the so-called'Warwick Castle gittern'( a flat-backed instrument ) as originally a citole.
40.
While the name of the lute ( Portuguese " ala�de ", Spanish " laud ", from Arabic " al ud ", " al oud ", etc . ), and the instrument itself has been interpreted as being of Arabic / Persian origin, the gittern does not appear in historical Arabic source material to support what can only be speculation.
