Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecedebant Victimam et Hecatoniben (Trumpeteers, cornetists, lyre players, horn players, who precede the victims and sacrifice...)

Unknown (artist nationality)
Recto: top center: (in Latin) Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecede- / bant Victimam et Hecatoniben. / Sacra enim sua nunquam / celebrabant antiqui sine musicis instrumentis, et harmo- / nicis cantibus et hÿmnis, quibus deorum laudes et en- / comia recitabantur. ; verso: (pencil tracing of upper part of two figures at right and their instruments); bottom center: (in pencil) C575/186; l. l.: (inside mat, in pencil) Ritti 7 . 19 . 1924 20 frs. $1.06 (copied from old mat) (inscription)
Engraving. (medium)
Good condition. Trimmed unevenly, probably just within original plate impression. Missing lower right corner and edge tear middle of right side have been mended. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 19 July 1924. (provenance)
Cornu (Curved trumpet), Tibia (Aulos), Cythara (Lyre) (instrument)
17th century? (century)
Works of art - - Early Subjects (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.