As far Ias I know the only document is by Theorist Gio. Battista Doni in his "Annotazioni sopra il compendio de' generi de' Modi della Musica",( Roma 1640) but it is not related to the lute. just 2 pages before the "Discorso Quinto" on the "violino Diarmonico" and the Tiorba a tre manichi" (theorbo with 3 necks) , Doni writes about playing in different modes on the "Violone panarmonico", for which he suggests using a capo which he shows ( fol 335) and that he calls "fibbia" (buckle). if you want to see the picture you can download it from Bayerische StaatsBibliotheck digital.
Davide Il giorno 25/set/2013, alle ore 18:13, Stephen Kenyon ha scritto: > Collected Wisdom, is there any evidence for use of the capo on lutes or > guitars (or other things) prior to the 19th century, please? > > Stephen > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
