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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Tibia
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a pipe played by means of a reed mouthpiece, extensively used in classic Rome. The tibia, often mistranslated "flute," was identical with the aulos of the Greeks, and according as it was made with a cylindrical or with a conical bore, it may be regarded as the prototype of our clarinet or oboe. The tibia was used at musical contests, in the theatre, in the arena, at banquets, &c. A set of ivory tibiae ' of cylindrical bore found at Pompeii in a good state of preservation are in the museum at Naples.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tibia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tibia.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tibia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tibia.html. 1910.
