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The
vielle is a European bowed
stringed instrument used in the
Medieval period, similar to a modern
violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, five (rather than four) gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs. The instrument was also known as a
fidel or a
viuola, although the French name for the instrument,
vielle, is generally used. It was one of the most popular instruments of the Medieval period, and was used by
troubadours and
jongleurs from the 13th through the 15th centuries.