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• SISTRUM (Gr. veia'rpov, Ger. Rappel)

SISTRUM (Gr. veia'rpov, Ger. Rappel)  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

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

instrument of percussion of indefinite musical See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch, a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal rattle . The See also:

• SISTRUM (Gr. veia'rpov, Ger. Rappel)

sistrum consists of a metal See also:

• FRAME

frame in the shape of an See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg, fastened to a handle, frequently surmounted by a See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head or by a figure of the sacred lioness Sekhet . The frame is crossed by four metal See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal rods passing through holes large enough to allow them to rattle when the sistrum is shaken, the rods being prevented from slipping out altogether by little metal stops in the shape of a See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf; sometimes metal rings are threaded over the rods to increase the jingling . The sistrum is played also by beating it with a metal stick . This ancient instrument was extensively used by the priests in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• ISIS (Egyptian Ese)

Isis to attract the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of worshippers to different parts of the See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual . The Egyptians attributed to it, as well as to the See also:

• TAMBOURINE (Fr. tambour de Basque; Ger. baskische Trommel, Tambourin, or Schellen-trommel)

tambourine, the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of dispersing and terrifying evil See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits and more especially the See also:

• TYPHON (TYPHAON, TYPHOEUS)

Typhon . See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra' made use of a large number of sistra at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• ACTIUM (mod. Punta)

Actium (31 B.C.), and accordingly the instrument was satirically called Queen Cleopatra's See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

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

trumpet . (K .