| The angels are playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambourine, cymbals, lyre and psaltery. |
| Acting as his lyre, he has two obbligato bass viols which creates a series of remarkable timbres. |
| He was a fine musician, playing the lyre, and he used music as a means to help those who were ill. |
| It is probable that Fortunatus was here alluding to different varieties of the same plucked string instrument, essentially a lyre. |
| As in the Gustavian era, they were typically crowned by a rope-tied cresting or sometimes by a lyre. |
| A beautifully decorated lyre from Ur depicts similar figures in lapis lazuli and shell. |
