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. File:Miriams Tanz.jpg, 14th century A.D., Bulgaria. Exodus 15:20 "Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing." Here the women use cymbals in Greek tradition and a drum.

References

* # * Axinia Dzurova, '' Tomic Psalter. Monumenta slavico-byzantina et mediaevalia europensia Vol I '', Kliment Ohridski University Press, Sofia, 1990. Facsimile edition in two volumes. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomic Psalter Medieval Bulgarian literature of Macedonia 1360 works Christianity in Bulgaria Illuminated psalters Bulgarian art Bulgarian manuscripts Church Slavonic biblical manuscripts Archaeological discoveries in Europe