Cellier 1585

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Comment by Jelma van Amersfoort on April 20, 2015 at 21:00

:-) And an attractive instrument indeed.

Comment by Robert Barto on April 20, 2015 at 19:38

Yes. Very sorry. I have to see if I can change that, thanks.

Comment by Jelma van Amersfoort on April 20, 2015 at 19:21

So actually the drawing must be from ca. 1585, not 1685?

Comment by Robert Barto on April 20, 2015 at 6:25

This is the third illustration in Michael Fink's LSA article about a possible split 4th course on the 4 course guitar.  Like I said, I don't have any strong opinions about this, but find the instrument very attractive. The left hand spacing is hard to explain. In the article Michael connects the missing portion of the 4th course octave to the bridge with photo shop.

Comment by Robert Barto on April 19, 2015 at 19:48

Pen drawing by Jacques Cellier (c.1550-1620) in Recherche de plusieurs singulairités par Françoys Merlin . . . Portraictés et escrites par Jacques Cellier. . . . (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Ms. Fr. 9152, f.190). . Cellier was organist at Rheims. His claim to fame was as calligrapher and musical expert for this commonplace book prepared for presentation to Henry III.