Reportedly he and his companion traveled over the Alps to Innsbruck during a blizzard. He was with Philippe Camerarius, an associate of Martin Luther who had recently been freed from being imprisoned by the Roman Inquisition. They traveled through Siena where they stayed at the Inn of the Mermaid (or Siren, a symbol associated with Siena; the Siena Lute Book has a watermark representing a siren). Here's another engraving of MN aged 43: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-d59b-a3d9-e040-e00a1 8064a99 Arthur -----Original Message----- From: Joachim Lüdtke <[email protected]> To: David Van Edwards <[email protected]> Cc: Tristan von Neumann <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Nov 11, 2019 8:59 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Melchior Newsidler's portrait, again At 12:48 +0100 11/11/19, Joachim Lüdtke wrote: Well, in winter 1565, while his lute books were set and printed in Venice, Melchior together with some fellow Germans went over the Alps, in deep snow and at freezing temperature. Some piece of hard-frozen snow or ice may have hit him during the passage à ;) Joachim dler's portrait, again Datum: 2019-11-11T12:02:50+0100
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