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Musical Instruments of Antiquity. |Slide Show | Stills |If you have a high-speed connection choose "Slide Show." If you are using a telephone connection to the web, choose "Stills."

Tum-balalaika - A Russian-Jewish "riddle" folk song.

Suesskind - A picture of 13th-century troubador Suesskind von Trimberg and a page showing one of his poems.

Musicians in a 14th-century Haggadah - Page from a 14th-century Barcelona Haggadah illustrating the text "They danced and sang praise," showing (at the bottom) musicians playing the tabor, fiddle, lute, bagpipe and double hand drum, with angels blowing shofars (from each corner). God sits at the top, holding the worlds he has created in His hands.