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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 147 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NAQUAIRE NAKEB

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NACAIRE (Arab. naqdra)  , the
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medieval name for the kettledrum, the earliest
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representation of which appears in the unique MS. known as the
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Vienna
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Genesis (5th or 6th
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century) . The
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nacaire was, according to
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Froissart, among the
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instruments used at the triumphal entry of
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Edward III. into
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Calais . The
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Chronicles of
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Joinville describe the
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instrument as a
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kind of
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drum: " Lor it fist
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Bonner
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les tabours que 1' on appelle nacaires."
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Chaucer, in his description of the
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tournament in the
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Knight's
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Tale,
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line 1653, also refers to this
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early kettledrum .

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