Sonnette

Sonnette (Fr.) [Lat. sonus, sound], bell or pellet bell of med. and Renaissance France, mentioned from the 13th c. on. Originally it denoted a small campaniform bell, from the 14th c. on a pellet bell, such as those sewn to fools' clothes or attached to birds' legs. Today it denotes a hand bell (53, 82, 190). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Dick, Friedrich. Bezeichnungen für Saiten- und Schlaginstrumente in der altfranzösischen Literatur. Giessen, 1932. Gay, Victor. Glossaire…