Looks to me like he's sitting with his left leg through the back of the chair (maybe the back is just the two extensions from the back legs) and that's one side of the back... but that would be even more uncomfortable than the dagger and unstable.
> Greetings All, > > A friend sent me a link to this enggraving by Meckenem the Younger. > > http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=24901 > > Now I have seen this engraving before but she mentioned a "lute stand" and > upon looking more closely I see she was referring to something that is > sticking up under the lute between the player's legs. Now in looking > further this appears to extend below the stool he's sitting on and I'm not > convinced it's a lute stand but instead a dagger on a belt. Why the player > would have this in the position it's in is beyond me as it seems that it > would be most uncomfortable and the hilt would tend to scratch the lute. > Also he appears to be leaning on the table to support the lute and thus an > additional stand might not be necessary. So I ask you all, what do you > think it is? > > Regards, > Craig > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars.
