Instrument (long-necked lute) called a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cythara" class="extiw" title="w:cythara">cythara</a> from the 9th Century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_Psalter" class="extiw" title="w:Utrecht Psalter">Utrecht Psalter</a>, thought to have been made in Reims. Published in manuscript in the 9th Century. Pertinent Latin text on page reads <i>Confitebor tibi in cithara Deus Deus meus</i> (<i>To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp</i>); the illustration of cithara shows a guitar/lute-like instrument.
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circa 850 a.d.
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