Queen Mary Harp

The original harp, preserved in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

The Queen Mary Harp (Scottish Gaelic: Clàrsach na Banrìgh Màiri) or Lude Harp, is a Scottish clarsach currently displayed in the National Museum of Scotland.[1] It is believed to date back to the 15th century, and to have originated in Argyll, in South West Scotland.[2] It is one of the three oldest surviving Gaelic harps, the others being the Lamont Harp and the Trinity College Harp.[3]

  1. ^ "Queen Mary harp". nms.ac.uk. National Museums Scotland. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Keith Sanger and Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings - Crann nan Teud, Kinmor 1992
  3. ^ Rimmer, Joan (1964). "The Morphology of the Irish Harp". The Galpin Society Journal. 17: 39–49. doi:10.2307/841312.

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