Aha! Thanks, Dmitri! One person has privately suggested it's not an 'r' but a 'gamma'.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 4:17 PM Dmitry Medvedev <[1]d.p.medve...@gmail.com> wrote: One that comes to mind - Robert Dowland: A Varietie of Lute Lessons. Dmitry On 8/3/2020 6:56 PM, Sean Smith wrote: > Dear all, > There's a long tradition of scribing the cipher 'r' in place of 'c' in > manuscripts of lute tablature. It's quick and easy and serves to > differentiate a 'c' from an 'e'. My question is, did this carry over > into historic printed tablatures with standardized typefaces? Can > anyone suggest examples? Lute, guitar, mandora, etc? > I don't recall any in Renaissance prints--tho I could easily be > wrong--but I know I don't have enough experience with baroque > tablatures! > Tia, Sean > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:d.p.medve...@gmail.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html