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NAQUAIRE NAKEB NACAIRE (Arab. naqdra)

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

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

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