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timbrel
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synonyms: deff, tabret, tof, adufe ???
tags: [music]
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Definition:the principal percussion instrument of the ancient Israelites. It resembles the modern tambourine.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
image: W. M. Thomson: The Land and the Book; or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land. Vol. II., p.579 (1859)
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they will rise up to confront him in the most various circumstances, a vision or a dream, or while timbrel and harp soothe his senses or amid the cool silver tranquility of the evening or at the feast, at midnight, when he is now filled with wine.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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"what a life we shall lead! What hautboys and Zamora bagpipes we shall hear, what tabors, timbrels, and rebecks! And then if among all these different sorts of music that of the albogues is heard, almost all the pastoral instruments will be there."
Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote
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