http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasses
predate JD by 400 years.
RT
Those were changing times for musicians, especially short- sighted ones.
The thing about Dowland, though, was that he was basically old-fashioned
and
somewhat backward-looking, and therefore not a threat.
John Dowland died in
On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote:
John Dowland died in 1626. Certainly in the infancy of reading-
glasses. I
guess many lutenists became short-sighted, playing/composing in the
wee
small hours by candle-light! Is there any record of lutenists
eventually
needing the
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Change of spec...
John Dowland died in 1626. Certainly in the infancy of reading-glasses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasses
predate JD by 400 years.
RT
So, the lens/glasses were invented by the Chinese in the 12th century?
Re-invented by a 14thC Italian monk
