Well - for sure Montesardo never invented alfabeto. I have copies of two manuscript dated 1599 which use it.
Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vihuela List" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:35 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Christ's Cross > Dear Lex and Odoardo, > > When 16th-century children learned their alphabet, they began with > Christ's Cross, and then continued with A, B, C, etc. Although it's > not really a letter, the chap who invented guitar alfabeto > considered it to be one. By the way, Christ's Cross is the origin of > the English expression "criss-cross". > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vihuela Net" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:51 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] > > > > Ten Aleuhiv Raed.... > > > > I have been wondering why the guitar alfabeto starts with 'the > Cross', the + chord of E minor. > > And if it is coincidential that the two G chords are A&O (alfa and > omega). > > I saw that the symbol + was also used by Briceno, but that is no > explanation in itself. > > > > Could be a subject for a new Dan Brown story, something like "the > Montesardo Conspiracy" > > > > Best wishes, > > Odoardo Pepoli > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
