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Rotte (lyre)
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Rotte or rotta is a historical name for the Germanic lyre, used in northwestern Europe in the early medieval period into the 13th century. Differing from the lyres of the Mediterranean antiquity, Germ
Replica of the Sutton Hoo lyre, British Museum. This Anglo-Saxon version of the instrument was known as the hearpe, a name for plucked-stringed instruments that would later apply to the medieval harp.
Replica of the Sutton Hoo lyre, British Museum. This Anglo-Saxon version of the instrument was known as the hearpe, a name for plucked-stringed instru
8th century A.D., England. Vespasian Psalter An Anglo-Saxon round lyre or hearpe.
8th century A.D., England. Vespasian Psalter An Anglo-Saxon round lyre or hearpe.
Five-string hearpe from the Durham Cassiodorus, 8th-century England. The instrument sits on the musician's leg as he plays and is supported by a strap
Five-string hearpe from the Durham Cassiodorus, 8th-century England. The instrument sits on the musician's leg as he plays and is supported by a strap around the musician's wrist.
17th-century summary in pictures. By the 12th century, harp (hearpe) applied to the English harp (Cythara anglica). The lyre (Cythara teutonica) conti
17th-century summary in pictures. By the 12th century, harp (hearpe) applied to the English harp (Cythara anglica). The lyre (Cythara teutonica) continued to be played on the European continent. Cythara was a name for plucked-string instruments in the Latin-language Bible.
Sutton Hoo
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Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeologists have excavated the site since the discovery of a previously
Rotte (lyre)
…southwest Germany, giving concrete examples of the Germanic lyre's existence. These discoveries, followed in 1939 by the archaeological excavation at Sutton Hoo and the correct reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo instrument (as a lyre, not a harp) in 1970, brought about the realization that the lyre was "the typical…
The Sutton Hoo burial site
The Sutton Hoo burial site
The Wicklaw region
The Wicklaw region
Finds from Mound 17
Finds from Mound 17
Mound 2 is the only Sutton Hoo tumulus to have been reconstructed to its estimated original height
Mound 2 is the only Sutton Hoo tumulus to have been reconstructed to its estimated original height