The two most important manuscript sources known to survive from the pre-print era are known as Pesaro and Thibault.
May I suggest that you purchase "A History of the Lute" from the LSA? (See the website for details.) Spring is also good, but he focuses pretty closely on the British Isles. Daniel Heiman On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:24:25 -0500 "Christopher Stetson" <cstet...@smith.edu> writes: > Hi, > > Thanks to all for great answers to my calata question and a good > ensuing discussion. It leads me to another question, that came > up as I > was lying in bed thinking about my upcoming program, to whit: > are > there any significant manuscript sources of lute tablature that > predate > the first printed books? > > Thanks again, > > Chris. > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
