Simone Martini’s completed fresco has 10 scenes from the life of Saint Martin. Saint Martin was born in 316 or 336 and died in 397. His first biographer was Sulpicius Severus, c. 363–c. 425, a personal friend who wrote about the saint while he lived, adding more material to his acc...
harp include the lyre, which has strings of the same length but of varying thickness and tension; the psaltery, which has a frame open only on one side; and the dulcimer, which is similar to the psaltery but which is played by striking the strings with a hammer rather than plucking ...