| 2/ | Second edition |
| accompt | accompanimenti |
| Add. | Additional |
| arr. | arrangement(s), arranged by/for |
| ascr. | ascription, ascribed to |
| a.u. | ascription unknown |
| band. | bandora |
| bapt. | baptized |
| cf | confer, also used to indicate cognates in inventories |
| citt. | cittern |
| CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| cnst | consort |
| cog. | cognate, cognate with/to |
| coll. | collection, collected by |
| con. | concordance, concordant with/to |
| del. | deleted |
| diss. | dissertation |
| dt | duet |
| dvns | divisions |
| ed(s). | editor(s), edited by |
| edn(s) | edition(s) |
| exc. | except |
| facs. | facsimile |
| Fr. | French |
| frgmt | fragment |
| Ger. | German |
| gr. | ground |
| inc. | incomplete |
| incl. | includes, including |
| It. | Italian |
| inv | inverted (i.e. written upside-down on the page in relation toother music) |
| JD | John Dowland |
| kbd | keyboard |
| LB | Lute Book |
| LH | left hand |
| l.v. | lyra viol |
| n.t. | no title |
| orig. | original |
| orph. | orpharion |
| P.A. | Passamezzo antico |
| P.M. | Passamezzo moderno |
| pr. | printed |
| PRO | Public Record Office, London |
| pt(s) | part(s) |
| pubd | published |
| /R | (editorial) revision [in signature] |
| R | photographic reprint |
| repr. | reprinted |
| rev. | revision, revised (by/for) |
| RH | right hand |
| RISM | Répertoire International des Sources Musicales |
| RMA | Royal Musical Association |
| Sig. | Signature (printed books) |
| s.n. | staff notation |
| tabl. | tablature |
| tr. | treble |
| trans. | translation, translated by |
| transcr. | transcription, transcribed by |
| U. | University |
| unattrib. | unattributed |
| unpubd | unpublished |
| USA | United States of America |
| v.t. | vieil ton (tuning) |
| w.s.m. | without shelf mark |
| A-KR | Austria, Kremsmünster, Benediktinerstift |
| A-Wn | Austria, Vienna, Österreich-ische Nationalbibliothek |
| CH-Bu | Switzerland, Basle, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität |
| CH-BEes | Switzerland, Berne, Eidgenössisches Staatsarchiv |
| CH-Gbusch | Switzerland, Geneva, Hans vonBusch, private collection |
| CS-Pnm | Czechoslovakia, Prague, NárodniMuzeum, Hudebni Oddeleni |
| CS-Pu | Czechoslovakia, Prague, University Library |
| D-BAUk | Germany, Bautzen, Stadt- und Kreisbibliothek |
| D-B | Germany, Berlin, Staatsbiblio-thek Preussischer Kulturbesitz |
| D-Dlb | Germany, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek |
| D-Hs | Germany, Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek |
| D-Kdma | Germany, Kässel, Deutsches Musikgeschichtliches Archiv |
| D-Kl | Germany, Kässel, MurhardscheBibliothek der Stadt und Landesbibliothek |
| D-Ko | Germany, Cologne, Hochschule für Music |
| D-LEm | Germany, Leipzig, Musikbibliothek derStadt |
| D-Ngm | Germany, Nuremburg, Ger-manischesNational-Museum |
| D-ROu | Germany, Rostock, Universitätsbibliothek |
| D-Us | Germany, Ulm, Stadtbiblio-thek,Depositum Schermar, |
| D-W | Germany, Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek |
| DK-Kk | Denmark, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek |
| EIRE-Dm | Ireland, Dublin, St Patrick'sCathedral, Marsh's Library |
| EIRE-Dtc | Ireland, Dublin, Trinity College Library |
| F-AIXm | France, Aix-en-provence,Bibliothèque Municipale, Bibliothèque Méjanes |
| F-CNRS | France, CNRS Library |
| GB-AB | Great Britain, Aberystwyth, NationalLibraryof Wales |
| GB-BEV | Great Britain, Beverley (Yorkshire),East Yorkshire County Record Office. |
| GB-Bcro | Great Britain, Reading, Berk-shireCounty Record Office |
| GB-Ckc | Great Britain, Cambridge, Rowe Music Library, King's College |
| GB-Ctc | Great Britain, Cambridge, TrinityCollege Library |
| GB-Cu | Great Britain, Cambridge, University Library |
| GB-En | Great Britain, Edinburgh, NationalLibrary of Scotland |
| GB-Eu | Great Britain, Edinburgh, University Library |
| GB-Ge | Great Britain, Glasgow, Euing Music Library |
| GB-HAd | Great Britain, Haslemere, Carl Dolmetsch, private collection |
| GB-Lbl | Great Britain, London, British Library |
| GB-NO | Great Britain, Nottingham, University Library |
| GB-Npro | Great Britain, Northampton-shire,Public Record Office |
| GB-Ob | Great Britain, Oxford, BodleianLibrary |
| GB-Och | Great Britain, Oxford, Christ Church Library |
| GB-Occ | Great Britain, Oxford, Corpus Christi Library |
| GB-Oeh | Great Britain, Oxford, St Edmund Hall Fellow's Library |
| GB-Omc | Great Britain, Oxford, MagdalenCollege Library |
| GB-Sfo | Great Britain, Shrewsbury, privatelibrary of Lord Forester |
| GB-Wa | Great Britain, Warminster, LongleatHouse, old library |
| GB-Wsp | Great Britain, Woodford Green, Essex, Robert Spencer, private collection |
| I-Gu | Italy,Genoa, Biblioteca Universitaria |
| I-Nc | Italy, Naples, Biblioteca delConservatorio di Musica S Pietro a Majella |
| I-Tn | Italy, Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria |
| L-Vs | Lithuania, Vilnius, Central Library ofthe Lithuanian Academy of Science |
| NL-Lt | Netherlands, Leiden, Biblio-theca Thysiana, in Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit |
| PL-Kj | Poland, Krakow, BibliotekaJagiellonska |
| RU-StPan | Russia, St Petersburg, Biblio-teka Akademii Nauk SSSR [Academy of Science Library] |
| RU-StPit | Russia, St Petersburg, Leningradsky Gosudarstvennïy Institut Teatra, Muziki i Kinematografii |
| RU-LV | Russia, L'vov, BibliotekaGosudarstvennoy Konservatoriu imeni N. V. Lysenko [University Library] |
| S-SC | Sweden, Skoklosters Castle Library |
| S-Sk | Sweden, Stockholm, KungligaBiblioteket |
| S-Uu | Sweden, Uppsala,Unversitetsbiblioteket |
| US-CAward | USA, Cambridge, Harvard, JohnWard, private collection |
| US-Cn | USA, Chicago, Newberry Library |
| US-LAuc | USA, Los Angeles, University of California, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library |
| US-LAum | USA, Los Angeles, University ofCaliforniaMusic Library |
| US-NHb | USA, New Haven, Yale, Beinecke Rare Book andManuscript Library |
| US-NHm | USA, New Haven, Yale Music Library |
| US-NJandrea | USA, New Jersey, Michaeld'Andrea, private collection |
| US-NYp | USA, New York, Public Library atLoncoln Center, Library and Museum of the Performing Arts |
| US-OAm | USA, California, Oakland, Mills College, Margaret Prall Music Library |
| US-R | USA, Rochester, University, Eastman School of Music, Sibley Music Library |
| US-SFsc | USA, San Francisco State CollegeLibrary, Frank V. de Bellis Collection |
| US-Ws | USA, Washington, Folger Shakespeare Libraries |
| 408/2 | EIRE-Dtc Ms.408/2 c1605 (bound with Ballet) |
| 2764(2) | GB-Cu Add.2764(2) (reconstructedfrom binding fragments)c1585-90 |
| 4900 | GB-Lbl Add.4900 (15 lute songs) c1605 |
| 6402 | GB-Lbl Add.6402 (loose sheets, 4pieces) c1605 |
| 31392 | GB-Lbl Add.31392 c1605 |
| 41498 | GB-Lbl Add.41498 (fragment, onepiece) c1590 |
| 60577 | GB-Lbl Add.60577 f.190-190v (twopieces) Winchester MSc1540 |
| Aegidius | CS-Pnm Ms.IV.G.18 Aegidius of Retenwert 1623 |
| Andrea | US-NJandrea w.s.m. (loose sheets) c1575 |
| Balcarres | GB-En MS Acc.976984/1/6 Owned by Lord Crawford, Balcarres, c1700 |
| Ballet | EIRE-Dtc Ms.408/1 William Ballet c1590 andc1610 (bound with 408/2) |
| Basle | CH-Bu Musiksammlung Ms.F.IX.53 c1630-45 |
| Bautzen | D-Bauk Druck 13.4deg..85 MSadditions toBesard 1603 1608 |
| Beckmann | S-SC Ms.B Lucas Beckmann 1622 |
| Bern | CH-BEes Ms.Spiezer Archiv nr.123 c1624 |
| Board | GB-Wsp w.s.m. Board LB Margaret Board c1620 and 1635 |
| Brahe | S-SC PB.fil.172 Per Brahe c1610-20 |
| Braye | see Osborn |
| Brogyntyn | GB-AB Brogyntyn Ms.27c1600 |
| Burwell | GB-Wsp w.s.m. Burwell L Tutor Elizabeth Burwell 1668-71. |
| Cologne | D-Ko Ms.R.242,c1615-20 |
| Como | US-LAum Ms.757,c1620-30[1] |
| Cosens | GB-Cu Add.3056 (erroneously: Cozens) C.K.c1610 |
| Dallis | EIRE-Dtc Ms.410/1 Dallis's pupil's lute book 1583-5 |
| Danzig | PL-Gdansk Ms.4022:destroyed during war, microfilm in possession of Wolfgang Boetticher |
| Dd.2.11 | GB-Cu Ms.Dd.2.11 Matthew Holmes c1585-95 |
| Dd.3.18 | GB-Cu Ms.Dd.3.18 Matthew Holmes c1585-1600 |
| Dd.4.22 | GB-Cu Ms.Dd.4.22 c1615 |
| Dd.4.23 | GB-Cu Ms.Dd.4.23 Matthew Holmes (cittern book) c1600 |
| Dd.5.78.3 | GB-Cu Ms.Dd.5.78.3 Matthew Holmes c1595-1600 |
| Dd.9.33 | GB-Cu Ms.Dd.9.33 Matthew Holmes c1600-1605 |
| de Bellis | US-SFsc Frank de BellisLB, 1615-25[2] |
| Dlugoraj | D-LEm Ms.II.6.15 Albertus Dlugoraj, 1619[3] |
| Dolmetsch | GB-HAd Ms II.B.1 c1630 |
| Dresden | D-Dlb Handschriftenabteilung, Ms.M.297, 1603 |
| Drexel | US-NYp Ms.Drexel 5612 (keyboard), c1635-45 |
| Dusiacki | PL-KjBerlin.Mus.Ms.40153,1620-21[4] |
| Edmund | GB-Oeh EE.12 (fragmentsin situ lifted from paste-down) c1635 |
| Euing | GB-Ge Euing 25 (olim Ms.R.d.43) c1610 and a laterlayer c1650 |
| Fabritius | DK-Kk MS Thott841.4deg., Petrus Fabritius LB, c1604-8 |
| Folger | US-Ws Ms.V.b.280 (olim Ms 1610.1, erroneously: Dowland lute book or manuscript) c1590 |
| FWVB | GB-Cfm Ms.168 The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book |
| Genoa | I-Gu M.VIII.24 Manuscript additionsto Besard 1603 c1605 |
| Hainhofer III and IV | D-W MSS Guelf.18.7and 18.8.Augdeg.. Philipp Hainhofer's LB vols.III, 1603 and IV, 1604 |
| Handford | GB-Ctc MS.R.16.29 George Handford 17 December 1609 |
| Herbert | GB-Cfm Ms.Mus.689 Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury c1630 and 1640 |
| Herdringen | D-Kdma Fü 9825 and 9829 c1620 |
| Herhold | CH-Gbusch Ms.E 1602 |
| Hirsch | GB-Lbl Ms Hirsch.M.1353H.O. c1620 |
| Holmes books | GB-Cu Mss.Dd.2.11, Dd.3.18, Dd.4.23, Dd.5.20, Dd.5.21, Dd.5.78.3, Dd.9.33, Dd.14.24, Nn.6.36 (broken consortand lutebooks) Matthew Holmes |
| Krakow | PL-Kj Berlin Mus.Ms.40641c1615 |
| Kremsmunster | A-KR ms L 81, c1640-50 |
| Leipzig | D-Kl II.6.24,c1660 |
| Linz | see Eijsertt |
| Lodge | US-Ws Ms.V.a.159 (olim Ms 448.16) Giles Lodge 1559-c1575 |
| Lvov | RU-LV Ms.1400/I Hans Kernstok c1555-60 |
| Magdalen | GB-Omc Ms.265 [guard book]ff.61-62v (fragments from later binding) c1605 |
| Mansell | US-LAuc M286M4 L992 1650 Bound (olim Finney no.24) John Mansell(lyra viol, one lute piece) c1615 |
| Marsh | EIRE-Dm Ms Z3.2.13 c1595 |
| ML | GB-Lbl Add.38539 (erroneously:Sturt) Margaret L. c1620 (and onepiece c1630-40) |
| Montbuysson | D-Kl Ms.4deg..Mus.108.1 Victor de Montbuysson 1611 |
| Mulliner | GB-Lbl Add.30513 The Mulliner Book (kbd) |
| Mynshall | GB-Wsp w.s.m. Mynshall Lute Book Richard Mynshall 1597-1600 |
| Naples | I-Nc Ms.7664, 1608 and 1623[5] |
| Nauclerus | D-B Mus.Ms.401411615 |
| Newberry | US-Cn ms case 7.Q.5, c1625 |
| Nn.6.36 | GB-Cu Ms.Nn.6.36 Matthew Holmes c1610-15 |
| Nörmiger | D-Tu Mus.40 098.August Nörmiger, keyboard tablature 1598 [lost] |
| Northants | GB-Npro F.H.3431.c (loose sheets) c1615 |
| Nürnberg | D-Ngm Mus.Ms.33748/271,Fascicle 2 1608; Fascicle 3 1608-10; Fascicle 4 1608-12; Fascicle 6 1630-40; Fascicle8 1630-40 |
| Occ254 | GB-Occ Ms.254 (two pieces)c1610 |
| Och1280 | GB-Och Mus.1280 (fragments fromlater binding) c1580 |
| Osborn | US-NHb Osborn Collection MusicMs.13 c1560 |
| Panmure5 | GB-En ms. 9452,Panmure ms.5, c1632 |
| Panmure8 | GB-En MS.9449,Panmure Ms.8, c |
| Philidor I & II | F-Pn Rés F494 andF496: Plusieurs vieux Airs ... Recueillis par Philidor l'Aisnéen 1690 |
| Pickeringe | GB-LblEg.2046 Jane Pickeringe 1616 and c1630-50 |
| RA58 | GB-Lbl Royal Appendix 58c1530 |
| Reymes | F-CNRS Bullen Reymes'sLB, c1632 |
| Reynaud | F-AIXm MS Rés.17, c1585-c1620 (It.tabl.) and c1660-75 (Fr. tabl.) Reynaud |
| Richard | PL-Kj Berlin.Mus.Ms.40143D. Richard 1600-1603 |
| Rostock | D-ROu Ms.Mus.saecXVII-54, c1670 |
| Rowallan | GB-Eu Ms.La.III.487 c1605-8 and c1615-20 |
| Sampson | GB-Wsp w.s.m.. Sampson Lute Book Henry Sampson c1610 |
| Schele | D-Hs ND.VI.No.3238 Ernst Schele 1613-19 |
| Schermar | D-Us MSS 1 30a,Anthony Schermar part books |
| Schmall | CS-Pu Ms.XXIII.F.174 Nicolao Schmall 1613 |
| Sibley | US-R Vault.M140.V186 MS bound with Vallet 1615 c1635 |
| Skene | GB-En Adv.Ms.5.2.15,Skene mandora book, c1625 |
| St Petersburg | RU-StPanMs.ON.124 1614-c1665 |
| Stobaeus | GB-Lbl Sloane.1021 Stobaeus of Königsberg c1635 |
| Stockholm253 | S-Sk Handskriftavdelningen, MS S 253, C1614-20 |
| Stowe389 | GB-Lbl Stowe.389 Raphe Bowle 1558 |
| Straloch | GB-En Ms.Adv.5.2.18 1627-9 Straloch/Graham copy 1847 |
| Swarland | GB-Lbl Add.15117 John Swarland c1615 |
| Thistlethwaite | GB-Eu Ms.Dc.5.125 John B. c1575 |
| Thynne | GB-Wa music ms.7, c1634 Thynne |
| Thysius | NL-Lt Ms.1666 c1620 |
| Trinity | GB-Ctc Ms.0.16.2 c1630 |
| Trumbull | GB-Cu Add.8844 (formerlyGB-Bcro Trumbull Add.Ms.6) William Trumbull c1595 |
| Turin | I-Tn Riserva musica IV,23/2 c1620[6] |
| Uppsala | S-Uu Ihre 284,keyboard tablature, 1678 |
| Vienna17706 | A-Wn Msmus.17706 |
| Vilnius | L-Vs Ms.285-MF-LXXIX Stobaeus of Königsberg c1600-20 |
| Walsingham | GB-BEV MSSDD.HO.20/1-3: flute, treble viol and bass viol broken consort part books. The citternbook is in US-OAm. Also known as Beverley and Mills consort books.1588 |
| Welde | GB-Sfo w.s.m. John Welde c1600 |
| Wemyss | GB-En Dep.314, No.23 Lady Margaret Wemyss 1643-4 |
| Werl | GB-Wsp w.s.m. Werl LuteBook Albrecht Werl c1625-55 |
| Wickhambrook | US-NHm Rare Ma21, W632 c1595 |
| Willoughby | GB-NO Ms Mi LM 16 Francis Willoughby c1560-85 |
| Adriansen 1584 | Emanuel Adriansen: Pratum musicum (Antwerp,1584) |
| Adriansen 1592 | Emanuel Adriansen: Novum pratum musicum (Antwerp,1592) |
| Adriansen 1600 | Emanuel Adriansen: Pratummusicum (1600) |
| Arbeau 1588 | Thoinot Arbeau: Orchésographie (Langres, 1588) |
| Ascham 1545 | Roger Ascham: Toxophilus, or the Schoole of Shootinge (1545) |
| Ascham 1558 | Roger Ascham: The Scholemaster (1558) |
| Bakfark 1553 | Valentin Bakfark: Intabulatura ValentiniBacfarc,transilvani Coronensis. Liber Primus (Lyon, 1553) |
| Ballard 1611 | Robert Ballard: Diverses Pièces misessur le luth, Premier Livre (Paris, 1611) |
| Ballard 1614 | Robert Ballard: DiversesPièces mises sur le luth..., Deuxiesme Livre (Paris, 1614) |
| Barley 1596 | William Barley: A new Booke of Tabliture... [for] the Lute, Orpharion and Bandora (London, 1596 RCNRS, 1977) |
| Bataille 1608 | Gabriel Bataille: Airs de différentsautheurs... Premier Livre (Paris 1608, 1611, 1612) |
| Bataille 1609 | Gabriel Bataille: Airs de différentsautheurs... Deuxiesme livre (Paris, 1609, 1614) |
| Bataille 1611 | Gabriel Bataille: Airs de différentsautheurs... Troisieme livre (Paris, 1611, 1614) |
| Bataille 1613 | Gabriel Bataille: Airs de différentsautheurs... Quatrième livre (Paris, 1613) |
| Bataille 1614 | Gabriel Bataille: Airs de différentsautheurs... Cinquième livre (Paris 1614) |
| Bataille 1615 | Gabriel Bataille: Airs de différentsautheurs... Sixiesme livre (Paris, 1615) |
| Beauchesne 1570 | John de Beauchesne: A Booke containingdivers sortes of handes (London, 1570) |
| Besard 1603 | Johan Baptiste Besard: Thesaurus harmonicus (Cologne, 1603 RGeneva, 1975) |
| Besard 1617 | Johan Baptiste Besard: NovusPartus (Augsburg, 1617) |
| Brade 1617 | William Brade: Newe ausserlesene lieblicheBranden,Intraden, Mascharaden, Balletten, All'manden, Couranten, Volten,Aufzüge und frembde Tänze... a 5 (Hamburg and Lübeck, 1617) |
| Burton 1621 | Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy (London, 1621) |
| Case 1586 | John Case: The Praise of Musicke (1586) |
| Danyel 1606 | John Danyel: Songs for the Lute, Viol and Voice (London, 1606 RMenston,1970) |
| Denss 1594 | Adriaen Denss: Florilegium(Cologne, 1594) |
| Dowland 1597 | John Dowland: The firste Booke of Songes orAyres... (London, 1597/R 1600, 1603, 1606, 1613 RMenston, 1968) |
| Dowland 1604 | John Dowland: Lachrimae or seven Tears...for the lute, viols, or violons in five parts (London, [1604] RLeeds, 1974) |
| Dowland 1610A | Robert Dowland: A musicallBanquet (London, 1610 RMenston, 1969) |
| Dowland 1610B | Robert Dowland: Varietie of Lute-lessons (London, 1610 RLondon, 1958) |
| Dowland 1612 | John Dowland: A Pilgrims solace (London, 1612 RMenston, 1970) |
| Elyot 1531 | Thomas Elyot: The Book Named the Governor (London, 1531) |
| Fuhrmann 1615 | Georg L. Fuhrmann: Testudo Gallo-Germanica (Nürnberg, 1615 RNeuss, 1975) |
| Galilei 1584 | Vincenzo Galilei: Fronimo Dialogo diVincentio Galilei ... sopra l'arte del bene intavolare ... (Venice, 1584) |
| Galilei 1620 | Michelagnolo Galilei: Primo libro deIntavolaturadi Liuto... (Munich, 1620) |
| Hoby 1561 | Thomas Hoby: The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio (1561) |
| Holborne 1597 | Anthony Holborne: The Cittharn Schoole (London, 1597: facs. Amsterdam, 1973) |
| Holborne 1599 | Anthony Holborne: Pavans, Galliards, Almains (London, 1599: facs. ) |
| Hove 1601 | Joachim van den Hove: Florida(Utrecht,1601) |
| Hove 1612 | Joachim van den Hove: Delitiaemusicae (Utrecht, 1612) |
| Le Roy 1568 | Adrian Le Roy: A Briefe and easyeinstru[c]tion to learne the tableture... (London, 1568) |
| Le Roy 1574 | Adrian Le Roy: A briefe andplaine Instruction, to set all Musicke of eight divers tunes in Tableture... (London, 1574) |
| Lechner 1590 | Leonhard Lechner: Neue teutsche Lieder (1590) |
| Lodge 1580 | Thomas Lodge: A Defence of Poetry, Musick,and Stage Plays (1579-80) |
| Mace 1676 | Thomas Mace: Musick's Monument(London,1676 RCNRS, 1977) |
| Mathew 1652 | Richard Mathew: The Lute's Apology for her Excellency (London, 1652) |
| Maynard 1611 | John Maynard: The XII Wondersof the world (London, 1611 RMenston, 1970) |
| Mercator 1540 | Gerardus Mercator: Literarum Latinarum, quas Italicas cursoriasque vocant, scribendarumratio (Louvain, 1540) |
| Mertel 1615 | Elias Mertel: Hortus musicalis. Novus ... (Strasbourg, 1615 RGeneva,1985) |
| Morley 1597 | Thomas Morley: A Plain and Easy Introductionto Practical Music (London, 1597) |
| Morley 1599 | Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Consort Lessons (London, 1599, 1611) |
| Moy 1631 | Louys de Moy: Le petit Boucquet de frise orientale (1631) |
| Mulcaster 1581 | Richard Mulcaster: Positions... (London, 1581) |
| Mylius 1622 | Johann Daniel Mylius: Thesaurus Gratiarum (Frankfurt, 1622) |
| Newsidler 1566 | Melchior Newsidler: Il PrimoLibro.Intabolatura di Liuto... (Venice, 1566) |
| Newsidler 1574 | Melchior Newsidler: Teütsch Lautenbüch... (Strasbourg, 1574) |
| Peacham 1622 | Henry Peacham the Younger: The Compleat Gentleman (1622) |
| Phalèse 1546 | Pierre Phalèse: DesChansons reduictz en Tabulature (Louvain, 1546) |
| Phalèse 1547 | Pierre Phalèse: DesChansons ... reduictz en Tabulature (Louvain, 1547) |
| Phalèse 1552 | Pierre Phalèse: Hortus Musarum (Louvain, 1552) |
| Phalèse 1568 | Pierre Phalèse: Theatrum Musicum (Louvain, 1568) |
| Phalèse 1571 | Pierre Phalèse and Jean Bellère (publishers): Theatrum Musicum, longeamplissimum... (Louvain, 1571) |
| Piccinini 1623 | Alessandro Piccinini: Intavolatura diLiuto et di Chitarrone, Libro primo (Bologna, 1623) |
| Piccinini 1639 | Alessandro Piccinini: Intavolatura diLiuto ... Gagliarde (Bologna, 1639) |
| Pilkington 1605 | Francis Pilkington: The first Booke ofSongs or Ayres (London, 1605 RMenston, 1969) |
| Pilkington 1624 | Francis Pilkington: Thesecond Setof Madrigals (London, 1624) |
| Playford 1651 | John Playford: The EnglishDancing Master: or, Plaine and easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances, withthe Tune to each Dance (London, 1651) |
| Praetorius 1612 | Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore (1612) |
| Reymann 1598 | Matthew Reymann: Noctes Musicae... (Heidelberg, 1598) |
| Robinson 1603 | Thomas Robinson: The schooleof Musicke (London, 1603, RLondon, 1971) |
| Rosseter 1609 | Philip Rosseter: Lessons for Consort... (1609) |
| Ruden 1600 I | Johannes Rudenius: Flores musicae ...Libri primi (Heidelberg, 1600) |
| Ruden 1600 II | Johannes Rudenius: Florum musicae ...liber secundus (Heidelberg, 1600) |
| Tottel 1557 | Richard Tottel: Songes andSonettes. [frequently known as 'Tottel's Miscellany'](London, 1557, facs. Menston, Yorkshire 1966 R Rollins, 1965). |
| Valerius 1626 | Adriaen Valerius: Neder-Landtsche Gedenck-Clanck (Haarlem, 1626) |
| Vallet 1615 | Nicolas Vallet: Secretum Musarum Vol.I (Amsterdam, 1615) |
| Vallet 1616 | Nicolas Vallet: Secretum Musarum Vol.II (Amsterdam, 1616) |
| Vallet 1620 | Nicolas Vallet: Regia Pietas (Amsterdam, 1620) |
| Waissel 1591 | Matthäus Waissel: Tabulatura Allerlei künstlicher Preambulen, auserlesener Deudtscher und Polnischer Tentze ... (Frankfurt, 1591) |
| The Lute Page | Julia Craig-McFeely's Thesis | Glossary |