At 03:58 PM 03/05/2004 -0600, Herbert Ward wrote: > > Support also comes ... from paintings > >It seems that much of the evidence about early lutes comes from paintings, >which are about as flammable and fragile as lutes. Have we, in general, >lost the lutes, but kept the paintings? If so, why?
My not-so-scholarly take: Good lutes were working tools and subject to the whims and clumsiness of working musicians. Paintings were valuable decoration to be preserved well out of the way of trouble. Best, Eugene
