A Provisional List of Extant 16th and Early 17th Century Citterns — supplemental handout by Peter Forrester.Part of: Wood and Wire — a lecture by Peter Forrester.
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Originally published in Lute News: The Lute Society Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Peter Forrester and The Lute Society. On-line edition updated with additions (*) and changes (§) by Andrew Hartig per Peter Forrester, July, 2017.
For related content, see A Provisional List of 16th and early 17th Century Builders of Citterns, Orpharions & Bandoras and the Cittern Picture Gallery — Old Instruments.
| Italy: Traditional | ||
|---|---|---|
| Augustinus of Urbino, London,V&A 10/1 | 62.0 | originally 13 pegs, diatonic, carved. |
| "Amati", Museo Bardini, Florence | 62.0 | diatonic, 6 courses with octaved 3rd, imitates carved. |
| Anon, Vienna C64 | 61.7 | 6 or 7 course, 14 pegs, chromatic, carved. |
| Franciscus of Urbino (ex Vienna) | 61.3 | diatonic, carved, ex. Rothschild collection, auctioned London 1999. |
| Anon, Leipzig 612. | 61.2 | diatonic, carved. |
| Anon, Merusaglia, Corsica. | approx. 61 .0 | diatonic, 8 course, imitates carved, associated. ms. c 1720. |
| Anon, Vermillion | 60.8 | chromatic, originally diatonic? carved. |
| Anon, ex Donaldson collection, missing | — | large, chromatic? illustrated in Hipkins and Gibb. |
| Plebanus, Paris. | 54.5 | diatonic, carved. |
| Anon, Leipzig 613. | 54.5 | diatonic, carved. |
| Anon, Vienna C63 | 53.8 | 7 course, diatonic, carved. |
| Anon, private collection (Challen) | 49.2 | diatonic, carved. |
| Salvatori, Paris | 49.2 | chromatic, carved. |
| Anon, private collection, England. | 48.9 | illustrated in cat. 'Made for Music' 1986, chromatic, carved. |
| Piero Paulo, private collection, France | 48.2 | diatonic, imitates carved, late, drawing by Patrick Delaval in 'Trac' mad', Oct., 1992. |
| Campi, R.C.M., London | 43.0 | diatonic, carved. |
| Anon, Museo Civico, Bologna | 42.9 | diatonic, carved. |
| Anon, Rome | 42.2? | diatonic, carved. |
| * Rossi, made in Urbino. (Current whereabouts unknown.) | 42 | diatonic, carved. |
| Campi, Museo Bardini, Florence | 68.0 and 123.0 | 12 course ceterone, chromatic, imitates carved. |
| * Anon, Paris E46 | 62.5 | May be a cut down ceterone. Constructed, partially diatonic. |
| Italy: Brescian. | ||
| Virchi, Berlin, missing | approx.46.5 | cat. Staatlichen Hochschule coil., Sachs 1922. |
| Virchi?, Oxford | 46.2 | |
| Gasparo da Salo, Oxford | approx. 45.3 | 11 pegs, 5 course? |
| Virchi, Vienna A61 | approx.44.5 | |
| "Stradivari"(?) or Virchi(?), Paris | 44.4 | |
| Maggini, Vienna C62 | 44.4 | |
| Virchi, Paris | 42.5 | |
| Low Countries. | ||
| * Anon, Paris D.32026 | 54.2 | made in France or the Low Countries. diatonic |
| Anon, Brussels 1524 | 43.3 | diatonic. |
| Tilman, Berlin | approx. 43.5 | chromatic,11 pegs, 4 course |
| Anon, Ketelhaven | approx. 43.8 | diatonic. Remains of two cittems recovered from a shipwrecked ferry boat at Lelystad. |
| * Anon, Lisbon Biblioteca Nacional MIC280 | - | no information |
| Germany. | ||
| Anon, Freiberg Dom | 40.7 41.2 42.3 42.6 |
made for statues of angels, only two are fretted, chromatic. * c. 1594 |
| * Spring(?), Freiberg Augustinerkirche | - | made for a statue of an angel. Attributed to Peter Spring, c. 1600. 8 pegs, scroll. |
| § Anon, London ,V&A 10/2 | approx.38.0 | originally diatonic. Redesignated [PF 2017] from Low Countries to Germany. "Probably made in Cologne." |
| * Michael Bochem, Oxford | 45.7 | c.1720. diatonic. |
| * Several more citterns by the Bochem family are extant, in Paris and elsewhere | ||
| Spain. | ||
| Anon, Belfast | 47.0 | chromatic, 6 course? only finger board survives from Armada shipwreck. |
| Uncertain - possibly English? | ||
| * Petrus Raitta?, Vermillion | approx. 34 | chromatic.8 pegs, 4 courses. |
How to cite this page: Forrester, Peter. "A Provisional List of Extant 16th and Early 17th Century Citterns." Renovata Cythara: The Renaissance Cittern Site. Ed. Andrew Hartig. 02 April 2023. 25 December 2024. <http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/articles/provisional_list.html>.