Many thanks to Bill & Mathias!
Dennis
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The first part of Playford's Harmonia Sacra was published in 1688. That's
twelve years after Mace's Musick's Monument which is considered today as
old-fashioned in its claim for the 12c double-headed lute as a standard
lute. Nevertheless, the 12c double-headed lute still was played in England
aroun
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I think the instrument described in Britannica is what we would call a
12-course 'English' lute - the kind that appears in lots of paintings, usually
played by women
