And I do. One of the earliest pieces of iconographic evidence shows a sevenstringer with a raised fingerboard. It is in my torban pages "regional iconography". RT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: [Viols] "cello" - Italian > >> Not only. Russian guitar is a cittern, but got a guitarlike body, for >> similar evolutionary reasons. >> > > I really, really don't think the Russian guitar is a cittern. > > Guitar - yes. Cittern - definitely not. > > >> RT >> >> >> >> From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>> There is also such thing as evolutionary convergence. A hornet-fly has >>>> developed the look of a real hornet, to avoid getting eaten. Ditto >>>> >>> theorbo. >>> >>>> RT >>>> >>> There is one essential difference. Evolution only works with living >>> creatures. >>> Lex >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> > >
