Cruit

Cruit (Irish), also known as crot(t), in continental Europe as rota, rote, rotta, rotte, chrotta, hruozza, etc.; a med. instr. mentioned in literary sources from the 7th c. to the 14th and identified by a capital of the Moissac cloister near Toulouse dating from 1085-1115, where a triangular psaltery is represented, inscribed “Eman cum rotta.” The instr. has about 30 strings and the tuning arrangement is on top; the form is that of the Gr. letter delta inverted: ♭, the horizontal side…