Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Gerle, Johann

Nuremberg · 1533

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 254, scan 328.
GERLE, Johann, Nuremberg, 1533 to about 1550. Maker of Lutes and Viols. He also published a book on the Lute, 1533.
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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 252.
GERLE, Johann, Nuremberg, 1533 to about 1550. Maker of Lutes and Viols. He also published a book on the Lute, 1533.
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The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1909. Page 264, scan 326.
Gerle, Johann, Nuremberg, 1533 to about 1550. Maker of Lutes and Viols. He also published a book on the Lute, 1533.
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

15 other Nuremberg makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:

All Nuremberg makers