found: Work cat.: 94009019: Jones, S.S. The lira da braccio, c1995(other names used in the 16th cent.: lira, lira moderna, lira da spalla, lira di sette corde)
found: New Grove dict. mus. inst.(lira da braccio; Renaissance bowed str. inst.)
found: New Harv. dict. mus.(lira da braccio; bowed str. inst., late 15th-16th cent.)
found: New Grove dict. of music online, Sept. 14, 2001:lyra ii (term used for various instruments, most often string instruments; 'lyra' and 'lira' in medieval and Renaissance writings designated various string instruments (for instance Lira da braccio, Lirone and Lyra viol))