There were round backed instruments called lutes. These were very similar to the round backed mandolins, and they really cannot be separated from each other during the earlier times because they were not standardized.
There were also related round backed instruments called gitterns.
1. recorder 2. rebec: medieval musical instrument like a mandolin or viol
the Mandolin
Mandolin.....maybe
a mandolin is a string instrument that has four sets of two strings. so it looks like there are four strings but there are really eight. it has a "light" sound to it like a ukulele or a banjo and is tuned like a violin. A mandolin is also a very sharp slicing instrument used by kitchen workers.
A banjo-mandolin is a four-stringed instrument with a body of a mandolin and the neck of a banjo.
Lute
mandolin (apex)
A mandolin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandolin
A banjolin is a musical instrument resembling a small banjo but tuned like a mandolin.
Mandolins have strings.
mandolin
Mandolin