Nafīr

Nafīr pl. anfur (Arab., Pers.), straight trumpet of Arab. culture, known by this name since the 11th c. Made of metal with a cylindrical bore, it had no bell originally but acquired one at an early date. It was played in med. times by Arabs, Persians, Moors; the Spaniards adopted it as the añafil and also called it trompeta morisca; the Crusaders certainly knew it: it was probably the instr. that they termed *cor sarrazinois and that they subsequently transformed into their *buisine. It is…