Mr. MacKillop used to have images of his wee mandore, front and back, online. Did they persist anywhere after his retirement? I have used them in a Powerpoint presentation on mandolin history that I give to grade-school kids.
Eugene At 07:51 PM 8/23/2004, Stewart McCoy wrote: >Dear Bill, > >There are facsimiles of the Ulm manuscripts of mandore music >published by Cornetto Verlag. The quality is not at all good, but >it's better than nothing. > >There is an article about the Skene manuscript by Donald Gill in >_The Lute_. I can't remember which year off hand, but it was about >1988. > >Rob MacKillop's mandore was made by Peter Forrester. The size was >deduced from that painting. Apparently people who know about playing >cards have identified the playing cards in the painting, from which >it is possible to calculate the size of the mandore. It is tiny. > >All the best, > >Stewart McCoy.
