Cor sarrazinois

Cor sarrazinois (OFr.), or cornet sarrazinois, a short, straight metal trumpet, possibly identical with the nafir. The term is used up to the late 14th c., usually for a martial instr. Its use as a pastoral instr. also is vouched for in the following passage of 1360: “2 bergiers dont l'un joue d'une fleute de saus et l'autre d'un cornet sarrazinois” (2 shepherds one of whom plays a willow flute and the other a cornet sarrazinois) (82). Gay, Victor. Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Age et de la…