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Tag Archives: Research
At the roots of the guitar; The Carolingian CYTHARA.
Perhaps you have already caught a glimpse of my research project of last year. It slipped in on some photos and social media postings. But I haven’t had the possibility to write too much about it earlier. The reason? Like … Continue reading
Posted in Cythara, Events, Guitar Plans, Lectures, Living history, Lute, Music, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Uncategorized, Woodworking, Year of the Psalter
Tagged Archaeology, Cythara, Dutch, Earlier Music, Fun, Guitar Plans, History, Inspiration, Living history, lyre, Music, Plans, Psalter, Research, Sharing
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The year of the Psalter
My focus of research has lately been drawn to instruments in early medieval psalters. With the main focus on the Utrecht and Stuttgart examples. So much that I themed this year the “Year of the Psalter” Both are masterpieces of … Continue reading
Posted in Documentary, History, Living history, lyre, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Uncategorized, Year of the Psalter
Tagged Documentary, Earlier Music, early music, History, Inspiration, Music, Psalter, Research
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A new, updated Sutton Hoo lyre
Let’s go back in history… To long forgotten times, when life was simple. Times of dreams, of joy and laughter with large gatherings of people. When social distancing was something you only did with weird relatives. The times of free … Continue reading
Posted in Guitar Plans, Living history, lyre, Projects, Research, Think different, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Tagged Anglo Saxon, Archaeology, Earlier Music, Experiments, History, Inspiration, Living history, lyre, Music, Personal, Reconstructions, Research
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The Prittlewell Lyre
In 2003, archaeologists of the Museum of London Archaeology uncovered the remains of an Anglo-Saxon grave chamber near Southend, Essex. It soon became apparent this was not a normal burial. The person had been laid to rest with a plethora … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Living history, lyre, Music, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Tagged Archaeology, early music, lyre, Music, Research
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Guestblog: The Lyre of Trossingen – pt. 1
Luit van der Tuuk is a Dutch author and independent researcher, specialized in the early middle ages. He is also the curator of Museum Dorestad in Wijk bij Duurstede. In 2001 en 2002 twelve graves were discovered in an early … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, History, lyre, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged Archaeology, History, lyre, Music, Research, Trossingen
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The Trossingen Lyre Project
An introduction to the Trossingen Lyre Project. Continue reading
Posted in Books, lyre, Music, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Think different, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Tagged Books, collaboration, Friends, History, Instrument making, Learning, Living history, Luthierlife, lyre, Music, Projects, Research, Sharing
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FREE Vihuela plans!
Yes you read it correctly. As a summer surprise I’m giving away one of my plans for free… A year ago some of my students at the Bouwerskontakt lutherie course asked whether they could make some historical instruments. A baroque … Continue reading
Posted in Guitar, Guitar Plans, Lute, Music, Projects, Research, Uncategorized, Woodworking, Workshop
Tagged Courses, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Inspiration, Instrument making, Learning, Lutherie, luthier, Luthierlife, Making, Music, Plans, Research, Sharing, Sharing information, Value, Vihuela
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A chained library
During the weekends at the Batavia shipyard Paper Unicorn’s bookbinder Astrid spoke about the idea of making a portable chained library. For many people this is one of the first things they think about when the subject of medieval books … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, History, Inspiration, Library, Living history, Re-enactment, Reading, Recycling, Research, Woodworking
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The Dutch Luthier 