harpa
harpa, ae, f., = ἅρπη (a sickle, transf.),
- a harp (late Lat.), Ven. Carm. 7, 8, 63.
harpa, ae, f., die Harfe, Ven. Fort. carm. 7, 8, 63.
aures et blandis demulget sepius arpis
sumpsit secum ‥ cytharam suam quam lingua paterna hearpam [v. l. harpam ] vocamus
harpa, æ, f. (ἅρπη), harpe [instrument de musique] : Fort. Carm. 7, 8, 63.
Romanusque Lyra, plaudet tibi Barbarus Harpa
Græcus Achilliaca, Chrotta Britanna canat.
Idem in Præfat. Carm : Sola sæpe bombicans Barbaros leudos Harpa
relidebat. De Harpa, musico instrumento hoc Martiani Capellæ lib. 2. accipiendum censuit olim Josephus Scaliger :
Denique Arpis, bombisque perterrita
tam intoleranda congressione virgo diffugit. Dantes in Paradiso cant. 14 :
E come giga, e Arpa in tempra tesa
Di molte corde fan dolce tintino, etc.
Vossius lib. de Poëmatum cantu et viribus Rythmi pag. 118. illud fuisse
instrumentum existimat, quo Bardi Gallorum olim uterentur Sacerdotes, quod lyræ non
absimile fuisse testatur Diodorus Siculus. Vide Menagii et Octavii Ferrarii Origines
Italicas.Herpe, eodem sensu, in Lit. remiss. ann. 1405. ex Reg. 160. Chartoph. reg. ch. 62 :
Lesquelx deux
compaignons portoient une Herpe, dont ilz s'esbatoient.harpat, seu Citharam vel Harpam pulsat, Lyricus, citharœdus. Leges Angliorum et Werinorum tit. 5. § ult. :
Qui Harpatorem, qui cum circulo harpare
potest, in manum percusserit, componat illum quarta parte majori compositione, quam
alteri ejusdem conditionis homini, aurifices similiter.
MS :
Cil violeur, et tuit cil Harpeor.
Philippus Mouskesin Henrico I. Rege Franc :
Robert Crespins entre el Palais,
U on cantoit et sons et lais,
Li uns une Harpe, li autre vijelle.
Armati securibus et Harpis.Harpigeridicti. Papias :
Is enim præfato Riciardo fratri
per eosdem pene dies per ignotum ruralem virum agresti Harpe nequiter interfecto
successerat. Vox haud ignota. Ovid. Metam. lib. 5. et Lucan. lib. 9. Falcem supinamvocat Juvenalis Sat. 8.
Harpa
A harp, with a curved back in the form of a sickle (ἅρπη, falx), like the annexed example, from an Egyptian painting. (See Venant. Carm. vii. 8. 63, in which passage it is expressly distinguished from the lyre, and as an instrument used by foreigners.)