> From: Stuart Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:54:29 +0200 > To: ron fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] > Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Origin of the Portuguese guitarra > > (the citola is isn't meant meant to predate the Renaissance cittern is it?)
The "citole" does predate the cittern. Here's a medieval Portuguese citole (or what most people would call a citole these days in any even). I'd imagine it's late 13th to mid 14th cent. I don't think anyone knows for sure if they were wire or gut strung. http://www.TheCipher.com/Portuguese_medieval_citole.jpg There's a similar instrument in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (c.1265, Spain), 5 string http://www.TheCipher.com/cantigas-guitar-detail-5str_det.jpg Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
