Aha! Thanks, Dmitri!
One person has privately suggested it's not an 'r' but a 'gamma'.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 4:17 PM Dmitry Medvedev
<[1]d.p.medve...@gmail.com> wrote:
One that comes to mind - Robert Dowland: A Varietie of Lute Lessons.
Dmitry
On 8/3/2020 6:56 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
> Dear all,
> There's a long tradition of scribing the cipher 'r' in place
of 'c' in
> manuscripts of lute tablature. It's quick and easy and serves
to
> differentiate a 'c' from an 'e'. My question is, did this
carry over
> into historic printed tablatures with standardized typefaces?
Can
> anyone suggest examples? Lute, guitar, mandora, etc?
> I don't recall any in Renaissance prints--tho I could easily
be
> wrong--but I know I don't have enough experience with baroque
> tablatures!
> Tia, Sean
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