The bowed psaltery, a modern adaptation of the ancient psaltery, emerged in the 20th century. It features a triangular or trapezoidal wooden frame with strings stretched across it, which are played with a bow.

The Kvikne Psaltery, held at Nasjonalbiblioteket (Oslo), features Latin contents but a wooden cover scratched on in Old Norse both in the Roman alphabet and in runes. Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people h...