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- noun a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
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vendingmachine commented on the word pair of virginals
I wonder if the image below https://www.flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14784960555 is a pair of virginals. How could one instrument be a pair... unless the player is the other half of said virginals.
July 6, 2021
vendingmachine commented on the word pair of virginals
Hm. Perhaps not. It is legless but not rectangular.
July 6, 2021