They are "e" and "f". To me they don't seem very unfamiliar, at least I'd say that similar shapes can be found elsewhere. But I'm not a specialist in English mss for renaissance lute.. B Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Oktober 2014 um 09:38 Uhr Von: "Herbert Ward" <wa...@physics.utexas.edu> An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Tab for John Sturt's prelude. > That is on f.22r of the ML Lute Book. Here is a link to that manuscript on > Sarge Gerbode's web site. > [1]http://gerbode.net/facsimiles/british_library/BL_MS_Add_38539_john_s turt_lute_book/ Thank you. In the middle of the third line, on the first course, there are two adjacent tablature letters of unfamiliar shape. The first resembles a 'p' with a long straight tail. And the second resembles a 'p' with a hooked tail. Can someone identify these two letters for me? Are they 'f' and 'h'? Are these shapes standard for that time and place? Or are they an idiosyncrasy of the writer? To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
References 1. http://gerbode.net/facsimiles/british_library/BL_MS_Add_38539_john_sturt_lute_book/ 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
