10-10-2012, 01:05 AM
Quote:Except it looks more like... well, use your imagination, but I think it's meant to be a mouthpiece!He must have a funny shaped mouth, then! It could be some sort of protective cover for the end(s) of his tuba or, perhaps, a mute(?).
And what do we make of this? He is another tubicen but what is he holding?
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/jo...6811_p.jpg
Getting back to the original image, here is another cornicen. The object in his right hand seems to be the mouthpiece of his cornu. It is not very clear in the picture but the end is flared.
http://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachric.../122225112
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
