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Lautus
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Lautus (ex Arabice العود al-`ūd) est chordophonum quod in Hispania psallitur. Familiae est testudinis. Secundum modum pandurii adhibetur. Ex instrumentis Arabicis, quae ex Andalusia in Europam Occidentalem lati sunt, emanavit.
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Plurima instrumenta hodierna e lauto emanaverunt ut cithara Lusitanica, lautus Hispanicus, et buzucium Graecum.