TEXT: Above, the 4 course gittern excavated from a latrine in the city of Elblag / Elbing, southeast of Danzig, Poland, and dated to c. 1350. Also found were a recorder and fidel. Vibrating string length of around 31cm. Below, 5 course gittern by Hans Ott, who made instruments in Nuremburg from 1432 to 1463. This instrument is dated to c. 1450, and is now in Wartburg, Eisenach, Germany. Vibrating string length of 44cm.