Caroline, You're right, of course. One might still wonder what the delineation is, though. Note that most "civilized" countries are colored in. But Ireland, Sweden, Norway and Sicily are not. And would that be Iceland on the red Arctic Circle? It is colored in.
This is only a broad guess so please don't take this too seriously. Holbein took enormous pains to express detail and subtlety so I'll consider that some meaning is possible. I just don't know what. And straying from things lute I'll let this trail off. all the best, Sean At 07:38 AM 10/21/03, you wrote: >At 07:49 AM 10/20/2003 -0700, lutesmith wrote: > > >Stewart, > > > >I think there's enough detail in the globe to the left of the lute to see > >that a number of countries are "color coded". I think it may even have been > >related to religion. > >Can't be religion, all of Europe from England through Russia and Greece >are colored the same. >Caroline >********************************* >Caroline Usher >DCMB Administrative Coordinator >613-8155 >Box 91000
