Martin Eastwell wrote: > The pictures show that left hand > technique in the 16th century was often very like that used by modern > folk and rock guitarists, with the neck cradled between the base of > the 1st finger and the thumb, and so supporting the neck without any > need for a strap.
The pictures show that painters' models held lutes that way. I'm not sure what they tell us about actual players. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
