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Seven String Bass Viol
Mandora
Viola d'Amore
Viola da Braccio
Division Viol
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Originally with 6 strings, a 7th added later, bearing a spurious label of Matthias Humel, Nürnberg, 1701.
Marking: 1) (on printed label) Matthias Humel/Lauten und Geigen-/macher/in Nurnberg/Anno 1701 (spurious)
Monical William L., Laurence Libin. A Checklist of Viole da Gamba (Viols). 2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, pg. 22, ill.Libin Laurence, William L. Monical. A Checklist of Viole da Gamba (Viols). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1979, pg. 18-19, ill.Hosted by Laurence Libin in Lend Us Your Ears: A Series of Twelve Radio Programs. CD. Recording., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1978.
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