<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">citterns</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31448678</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:00:49</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cittern</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cittharn</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cittharns</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">ceteras</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cisters</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cistres</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cithern</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">citherns</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cithrens</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ European wire-strung plucked lutelike chordophones played with a plectrum, very popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having a wedge-shaped body with a curved bottom and straight shoulders narrowing towards the neck, and a low flat bridge held in position only by the strings it supports. Their most characteristic feature is a long, fretted neck which is half cut away from behind the fingerboard on the bass side, making a channel along which the player's left thumb can slide to facilitate very rapid shifts to and from high positions. ]]></dc:description></metadata>