Has anybody considered the possibility that it is not a sword but some sort of stick specifically employed for the purpose of a lute rest? Unlikely? Perhaps, but significant if so, especially if something like it appears similarly elsewhere. Craig Craig R. Pierpont Another Era Lutherie www.anotherera.com
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