If you look on the covers of Lute News issues 63 and 64 you'll see two
Dutch tile designs showing left handed players.
Is it possible some of these left-handed designs derive from [a] the
artist knowing nothing of the lute, and working from their imagination
[b] the use of camera
Chris,
More lefties: I just remembered the oud and rebec players from the
Cantigas de Santa Maria. Both fellows are playing left-handed so maybe this
was somehow flipped as well. But why/how? I'm sure the camera obscura wasn't
in use then. It can be seen here:
