----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger E. Blumberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "vihuela list" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 7:37 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Icon alert -- vihuela in newly-recovered Valencia
Cathedral fresco



> Stunning as well (to me) is the resemblance of this instrument to the
> _bowed_ vihuela/viola pictured in S.Virdung’s 1511 treatise plate. They
are
> virtually the exact same instrument, and this new plucked image pre-dates
> Virdung’s by 30-35 years!


this juxtaposition from the bone-yard is too good to pass up, so have a look

http://www.thecipher.com/Valencia_c.1476_Virdung_1511_juxta-deta.jpg

Roger





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