Much of the mystery of the violin world involves its contradictions–beginning with the most famous fiddle of all–the violin dubbed the “Messiah” for its storied history, the one violin that is in itself a metaphor for the entire violin world. See below its story–twice. First, see: lithub.com/the-greatest-violin-no-ones-ever-heard. Then, this Youtube video will take you there, to the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford, home of the most famous of fiddles.