Back to the Sultzbach prints. I can't help to notice, that vol. 1 (italian tab) has only the playing instructions in italian, also printed in vol 2, while vol. 2 (neapolitan tab) has two additional dedications in latin. Both volumes have a latin end page, quoting the spanish king Carlos V, (which is pertinent to his neapolitan domain at the time). Vol. 1 is dated 25th of May 1536 and Vol. 2, August 1536. The latin dedication (which I can't read unfortunately) is also for a spaniard, Don Pedro de Toledo. There seems to be a "Toledo" clue here, as also the "Leonardi Schipani Dechasticum" quotes "Toletum". A translation of these 2 short pages would definitely be of help. ;) Could this imply, that the work might have come in two versions, one in italian and one in latin, and that only one of each has survived? And are these "strong" versions of Da Milano works? (I don't have in front of me how much of this material found its way into the Ness edition) B.R. G.
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