Forgot to point out my entry on Andrew's website of the (chromatic) cittern fingerboard recovered from the wreck of the Trinidad Valencera. This ship was one of the Armada vessels hired from Venice, so that the cittern COULD be Italian. However its size implies a string length (47cm) which does not fit with any other extant Italian citterns, as also the outline and arrangement of frets beyond the 12th. The 18th fret was not present, as usual, and the 19th is now broken away. Depth is approximately 12mm throughout. Width is currently 45mm, enough for 6 courses, perhaps slightly tapered to the nut, but we must remember that it has been underwater since 1588. There are marks of strings at the nut but it is not now possible to see the original arrangement. There is a hole behind the nut which seems to belong to a vertical central peg suggesting again 6 courses and a peg-block rather than a peg-box. Its cross-section clearly indicates a cut-away neck.
Ulster Museum, Belfast. Illustrated in "Armada", The Official Catalogue (Exhibition 1988), published by Penguin Books in association with the National Maritime Museum, 1988. ISBN 0-14-010301-5 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
