Bill, by now you should be aware that carpentry and "oud" in Europe predate the Crusades by many centuries. RT -- http://polyhymnion.org/torban
> tim, if your field is archaeology, would you happen to > know what sort of carpentry tools - if any - were > introduced into europe along with the oud during the > crusades? > > - bill To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html