> The tablature is for guitar or mandora (a 6th course is required on the > earlier folios). Folio 48r shows the tuning with a 6th course (at nominal G ie a tone > below the 5th course) so this certainly looks like mandora music. The intervals > between the highest five courses is identical on both instruments and most of > the pieces could be played on the 5 course guitar too.
Did you note the instructions on fol. 24 seqq? They are obviously intended for the 5c calichon, tuned g - d - Bb - F - C. > In this context the heading on fol. 48v is very interesting 'Accordo > Chytarra A Mandora' whatever this meant to the scribe. As I said, the headline reads: Accordo Chytaræ et Mandoræ, meaning "tuning of the guitar and the mandora". Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
