Dear Gernot and Duncan, Thank you both SO MUCH for your help; I was able to get the gist of it, but I really wanted to know more precisely what was being said - or rather, more precisely what it was that I was misunderstanding!!!! Unfortunately, in the LS journal translation by Stanley Buetens, this particular section is left out since it is somehow considered to be "outside the scope of this article" (p. 15). Aaaargh.
You're brilliant!!! (; Big THANKS again! Best wishes, Benjamin 2008/5/1 Duncan Midwinter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > More or less this is what it says... > > > > > "It has already been a long time since excellent lutes were built in > > Bologna, and maybe for their long shape similar to a pear that make them > > sweet, maybe for their wide ribs? that make them harmonious, anyway, for > > their goodness they were kept in high esteem and in particular by the > French > > that came to Bologna on purpose to bring them to France paying for them > any > > amount they were asked. In this way now you can find a very small number > of > > them. And also very big lutes were built and they were much valued in > > Bologna to play passiemezi, arias, & other similar pieces in concert > with > > other small lutes." > > > > Duncan Midwinter > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: http://www.luthiste.com --
