Dear Dan, Well, are they octaves, or just shadows? There's no corresponding evidence of gut going over the bridge, and they seem to break up over the rose as you might expect shadows to............. My reading is single strings on 7th and 8th courses.
Best wishes, David At 11:03 -0800 31/1/13, Dan Winheld wrote: >David- >thanks for the Alfonso Marin's link. The detail from Rutilio >Manetti's painting I found very interesting; and leads me back to an >earlier Lute List discussion of octave stringing. The picture, dated >1624, shows an 8 course lute (broken single first course) and what >appears to me to be unison stringing from the 6th course down- >octaves only on 7 & 8. Anybody else notice this? >-Dan > > >On 1/31/2013 9:24 AM, David Van Edwards wrote: >>Dear Martin, >> >>One of the best is Klassiskgitar at: >>http://www.klassiskgitar.net/imagesmain.html >> >>Also Alfonso Marin's >>http://www.lutevoice.com/luteiconography/Page%201.html >> >>Best wishes, >> >>David >> >> >> >> >>At 17:29 +0100 31/1/13, Martin Shepherd wrote: >>>Hi All, >>> >>>Can someone remind me of the best sources for lute pictures on the >>>web? At the moment I'm particularly interested in stripey lutes >>>with ribs of different colours - is the lighter colour nearly always >>>the edge rib, or is that usually the darker colour? And is the >>>capping strip the same colour as the edge rib, or the other colour? >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>> >>>Martin >>> >>>www.luteshop.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
