Viol Forms of the Renaissance
from "Regola Rubertina"
(Venice, 1542-3) by Sylvestro Ganassi
Two forms of viols from Sylvestro Ganassi: Rogola Rubertina, Venice, 1542/3
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Paolo Veronese: Wedding at Cana
(The painter himself on the viol; behind him, the painter Tintoretto, playing the other viol)
Paolo Veronese: Wedding at Cana
(The painter, Tiziano is playing on the violone, the painter Jacopo Bassano on the violin!)
Wood-cut from Ganassi's Regola Rubertina,
showing a five-string viol
Treble viola da gamba in Ganassi-form, probably Italy or Spain
provisional photo of unrestored instrument
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updated18.06.2011