> My point was that books were expensive back then, and probably only wealthy > persons could afford them. Hans Heinrich Herwarth who acquired thousands > of books (including hundreds of music books) was one of the wealthiest men > of his age. We should also consider that the advent of lutenistic activities of the Renaissance POSTDATES the advent of comparable activities in visual arts. The latter require an enormous consumption of paper, even for the purposes of mere training. Of the 3 basic draftsmanship methods [chalk/charcoal/graphite, pen&ink, silverpoint] the last 2 are NOT erasable. Therefore we can safely deduce that there was a sufficient amount of affordable paper on the market. RT
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