Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient musicalinstrument of the trumpet kind, originally a horn of an ox or cow, blown by a shepherd to assemble his flocks. See
bussyne .
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- noun music A curved
brass instrument used by the ancient Roman army
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Examples
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The military buccina described is a much more advanced instrument than its prototype the _buccina marina_, a primitive trumpet in the shape of a conical shell, often having a spiral twist, which in poetry is often called
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“Sive legas,” saith he, “sive scribas, sive vigiles, sive dormias, amor tibi semper buccina in auribus sonet, hic lituus excitet animam tuam, hoc amore furibundus; quære in lectulo tuo, quem desiderat anima tua:” Epist.lxvi. ad Pammach., cap.
Christologia 1616-1683 1965
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Other illustrations of the buccina may be seen in François Mazois '_Les Ruines de
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The shofar of the ancient Hebrews, used at the siege of Jericho, was a cow's horn (Josh.vi. 4, 5, 8, 13, &c.), translated in the Vulgate _buccina_, in the paraphrase of the Chaldee _buccina ex cornu_.
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The buccina marina is frequently depicted in the hands of Tritons
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On Trajan's column [9] the tuba, the cornu and the buccina are distinguishable.
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Tritons -- and eke the buccina, a short and brattling horn.
A Love Story A Bushman
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The cornu was used by the Roman infantry to sound the military calls, and Vegetius [10] states that the tuba and buccina were also used for the same purpose.
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The night was divided by the Romans into four watches (_vigiliae_), the beginning of which was announced by a horn (_buccina_).
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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The buccina, in respect of its technical construction and acoustic properties, was the ancestor of both trumpet and trombone; the connexion is further established by the derivation of the words Sackbut and _Posaune_
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