HI Sarge, La conocchia o rocca è uno strumento che in coppia col [1]fuso serve a [2]filare.
I'm not really up on "spinning " terminology but apparently the fuso is the spindle and the rocca is the distaff? There are some wonderful early renaissance paintings of ladies spinning even at court. Robert Am 17.05.2020 um 21:02 schrieb Frank A. Gerbode, M.D.: Anybody know what "la rocha il fuso" *means*? Just curious. --Sarge --Sarge -- Frank A. Gerbode, M.D. ([3]sa...@gerbode.net) 11132 Dell Ave Forestville, CA 95436-9491 Home phone: � 707-820-1759 Website: � [4]http://www.gerbode.net "The map may not be the territory, but it's all we've got." To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuso_(strumento) 2. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filatura 3. mailto:sa...@gerbode.net 4. http://www.gerbode.net/ 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html