I snuck a peek at the other stringed instrument in the picture (to the right, on the side table, partly hidden by music), perhaps a violin or viola. Curiously thick neck on it. Only the bass string is visible, gave me the impression of gut.
Hmmm, speaking of that music, it was uprioght, perhaps this is evidence of music stands, something I have seen little evidence of before (only the ones fixed to the large table sene in the painting which adorned the cover of Munrow's book _Instruments of the Middles ages and Renaissance_; not certain of the title or artist, (style is highly realistic, parrots are depicted), possibly 'hearing' or 'senses'. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
