This is a larger bodied instrument with a string length of 380mm making it ideal for playing in a downward position rather than on the shoulder (although it is still playable so). It is based on instruments (pictured below) in the thirteenth century Spanish Cantigas da Santa Maria manuscript
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The pictures below show two alternatives for bridge construction
that are available on any of my vielles. There is iconographical
evidence for both bridges (left) and tailpieces with feet (right).
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