Hi Natasha I have had problems with my computer and have twice lost my address book so I haven't got your e-mail.  I have finally finished reading your dissertation.  I am impressed.  I wonder if you had thought of writing another article for Lute picking out one aspect of it - lettere tagliate or Valdambrini or whatever.  The only thing I disagree with you -   the continuo exercises in Corbetta's 1671 La guitaarre royale are not identical with those in the two earlier books.  He has filled out a lot of chords and included different sometimes more complex examples.  Interesting to compare it with the earlier books really.   Hope you haven't given up on the guitar yet. Monica

hi natasha, i'm looking for i-bu ms 177/iv, a very early baroque guitar manuscript with cantus voice in bologna. do you have a copy or an idea how to get or who could have it? thanks a lot, regards, olaf from berlin