s I gather that Maríe Manrique de Lara y Mendoza stamped her
books with the motto "Inconcussa manet". It's too early to say for
sure, of course, but it seems likely that this lady or one of her
descendants living in Prague owned the Swan Lute Book.
One of the websites seemed to s
s I gather that Maríe Manrique de Lara y Mendoza stamped her
books with the motto "Inconcussa manet". It's too early to say for
sure, of course, but it seems likely that this lady or one of her
descendants living in Prague owned the Swan Lute Book.
One of the websites seemed to s
Dear All,
The Swan Lute Book is one of three
extant manuscripts from a library owned by Louise Charlotte, a young
German princess, who went to live in Courland, now part of Latvia.
She was taught music by an Englishman, Walter Rowe, who is credited
with the invention of the baryton. All three
