Scan 23
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737), 1909
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1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
3THE ARMS OF THE STRADIVARI, AS TAKEN FROM AN OLD CREMONESE MANUSCRIPT ……………………………………… Title page
4THE HOUSE OF STRADIVARI ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… II
5GROUND-PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF STRADIVARI ………………………………………………………………….. 13
6THE ATTIC ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
7THE LOFT …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
8STRADIVARI'S HOUSE AS AT PRESENT ………………………………………………………………………………… 15
9PORTION OF AN OLD CHEST BEARING STRADIVARI'S NAME …………………………………………….. 16
10THE STONE BREASTWORK OF THE WELL …………………………………………………………………………… 17
11THE CHAPEL OF THE ROSARY AND THE TOMB OF STRADIVARI ……………………………………… 20
12THE TOMBSTONE OF THE VILLANI FAMILY …………………………………………………………………………. 21
13THE TOMBSTONE OF STRADIVARI ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
14A LAST GLIMPSE OF THE CHURCH OF S. DOMENICO …………………………………………………………… 25
15EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF AN EXAMPLE MADE IN 1680 ………………………………. 36
16HEAD OF A VIOLIN OF THE PERIOD 1680 …………………………………………………………………………… 38
17EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF THE EXAMPLE KNOWN AS THE "TUSCAN," MADE IN 1690 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 44
18STRADIVARI'S MONOGRAM, CARVED ON THE BUTTON OF THE BACK OF AN EXAMPLE DATED 1689 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 46
19EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF A "LONG-PATTERN" EXAMPLE, MADE IN 1694 ………. 48
20EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF THE EXAMPLE KNOWN AS THE "BETTS," MADE IN 1704 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 54
21THE INITIALS "P.S." IN THE MORTICE OF HEAD ………………………………………………………………….. 61
22EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF THE EXAMPLE KNOWN AS THE "DOLPHIN," MADE IN 1714 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 66
23EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF THE EXAMPLE KNOWN AS THE "MESSIE," MADE IN 1716 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 68
24HEAD OF AN EXAMPLE MADE IN 1720 ………………………………………………………………………………….. 70
25DESIGNS FOR INLAYING ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 72-7
26DESIGNS FOR THE ORNAMENTATION OF THE SIDES …………………………………………………………… 79
27EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF AN EXAMPLE MADE IN 1726 ………………………………. 85
28EDGE, PURFLING, AND SOUND-HOLE OF THE EXAMPLE KNOWN AS THE "MUNTZ," MADE IN 1736 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 90
29BRIDGE MADE BY STRADIVARI FOR THE "TENORE" OF THE "TUSCAN" QUINTET ……………….. 101
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