a friend passed these on . . .
(nice color copies, we've seen the fuzzy black and white low-res versions)
Images of the angel-concert fresco (Coronation of the Virgin), at the
monastery-church Chiesa Santa Maria della Consolazione, Ferrara, Italy,
c.1510-1515, painted by either Michele Coltellini
I so want to build the neck joint in the instrument at the far left. (ClrBass-L)
Craig
Craig R. Pierpont
Another Era Lutherie
www.anotherera.com
Roger E. Blumberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a friend passed these on . . .
(nice color copies, we've seen the fuzzy black and white low-res
From: Craig Robert Pierpont [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:50:29 -0800 (PST)
To: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: viola da mano in fresco -- color pix --angel-concert
c.1510-15 Ferrara
I so want to build the neck joint in the instrument at the far left.
Fresco is water based, so there were no fumes.
RT
vihuela's/viola's back, but the profile of the soundboard strikes me as
rather
Chambure-like. Other than gross morphology, I wouldn't put too much
stock
in the painter's understanding of the practical functioning of musical
instruments.
From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:52:37 -0500
To: Roger E. Blumberg [EMAIL PROTECTED], EUGENE BRAIG IV
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: viola da mano in fresco -- color pix--angel-concert
c.1510-15 Ferrara
Fresco
On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:50 PM
Eloy Cruz wrote:
... Back in 2003 I asked everyone about more music or more surviving
Spanish
citterns or paintings and I could find nothing ...
Citterns are mentioned (even with detailing of materials they are made of
etc) in a number of late-16th