Between Charles the Bold and Charles V, viols and rebecs will gradually give way to viols and violins. The earliest clues appear between the Republic of Venice (which includes Brescia and Bergamo), and the Duchies of Milan and Savoy. It is in the archives of the latter that the mention “vyollons” appears for the first time in 1523.
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