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Borlon, Jean

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp.

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    2. Borlon, François. A maker in Antwerp about 1680-1710. A bass-viol of his in the Church of St. James, Antwerp, is said to have a beautiful tone.
    4. Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp.
    6. Bortolotti, Luigi. A maker in Milan about 1810-15. His instruments are carefully made, with yellow varnish. "Luigi Bortolotti, 1815," was found stamped on a cither.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp.

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    2. Borlon, François. A maker in Antwerp about 1680-1710. A bass-viol of his in the Church of St. James, Antwerp, is said to have a beautiful tone.
    4. Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp.
    6. Bortolotti, Luigi. A maker in Milan about 1810-15. His instruments are carefully made, with yellow varnish. "Luigi Bortolotti, 1815," was found stamped on a cither.

Named in 2 books, all printed 1896. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

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Printed in A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. No claim beyond the printed naming is invented here — not established is the accurate word for it, and we want to hear from you if that can change.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp. reported1
Places and dates of work
Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp. reported1
Places and dates of work
Borlon, Jean. Worked about 1680-1710 in Antwerp. reported1

How the pages were read

3 of the 3 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

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  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 2 sources. Each is listed below with how it was read, because a claim read from a photo of the page is stronger than one read from machine text.

  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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