LITUUS  , the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

trumpet of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, said by Macro-bins (See also:

• SATURN
• SATURN [SATURNUS]

Saturn. See also:

• LIB

lib. vi.) to have resembled the crooked See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by the See also:

• AUGURS

Augurs . The lituus consisted of a cylindrical See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube 4 or 5 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, having a narrow See also:

• BORE

bore, and terminating in a conical See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint turned up in such a manner as to give the See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument the outline of the See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter " J." Unlike the See also:

• BUCCINA (more correctly Buclna, Gr. l3VKavr7, connected with bucca, cheek, and Gr. /% CL)

buccina, See also:

• CORNU, MARIE

cornu and See also:

• TUBA

tuba, the other military service See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of the Romans, the lituus has not been traced during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval instrument most nearly resembling it being the See also:

• CROMORNE

cromorne or tournebout, which, however, had lateral holes and was played by means of a See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed See also:

• MOUTHPIECE (Fr. embouchure; Ger. Mundstuck; Ital. bocchino)

mouthpiece . A lituus found in a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• WARRIOR

warrior's See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb at Cervetri (See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria) in 1827 is preserved in the Vatican . See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor Mahillon gives its length as 1 m . 6o, and its See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale as in unison with that of the trumpet in G (See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue descriptif, 1896, pp . 29-30) . (K .