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English: Facsimile of a figure in the arms of the city of Frankfort-on-Main (see Jost Amman, Wappen und Stammbuck (1589) — a reprint in facsimile has been published by Georg Hirth as vol. iii. of Liebhaber Bibliothek, Munich, 1881). A putti plays an immense cornua. The bore of the instrument is of a calibre suggestive of the contrabass tuba.
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. 13, p. 702.
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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