Lute

The lute is a string plucked instrument with a wooden teardrop-shaped body. According to iconography, the mediaeval lute was known in Belarus since the 15th c. The Italian lute of a Renaissance type spread in Belarus in the 16th c. (thanks to Queen Bona Sforza).

The lute of Stary Olsa made by German master Bernie Lehmann.

A fragment of an engraving in Adamo Sulinski's book Plausus epithalamicus inter nuptias... , Vilnia, 1644

A fragment of the fresco Christ In Praetorium of St. Trinity Chapel, 15th c., Lublin, Poland, painted by Belarusian masters under auspices of Artist Andrej