Plural of fidele; multiple stringed instruments similar to viols or early violins used in medieval and Renaissance music.
Plural of 'fidele' formed with the '-s' ending. Each fidele was an individual instrument from the medieval period.
Fideles were played alongside early harps and lutes in medieval courts, and they probably sounded somewhere between a modern violin and a cello—we know they existed but can only imagine their exact sound.
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