A Provisional List of Extant 16th
and Early 17th Century Citterns — supplemental handout 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.
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.
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