On Fri, Aug 21, 2009, David Tayler <[email protected]> said:
> That is a fascinating painting for all sorts of reasons. Apparently > the painter, Jan Vermeyen, spent a fair amount of time in Spain which strongly suggests he was at least outwardly a catholic; yet, no halos. > that lute has a number of quite vihuela characteristics (primary rose, > other sounding holes). also guitar-like, tho perhaps a tad early. yet, one wonders if any other iconographical or physical evidence exists for parchment rose lute soundboards? Lots of instruments must have gone to davy-jones locker along with their owners from huricanos and what have you, but surely a few men of power and sufficient wealth to afford the instrument avoided glory-seeking in the new world and managed to stay home and dry. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
