All images from Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, Cod. Holm S 253 are reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Sweden. (Reproduction: Andrea Davis Kronlund, National Library of Sweden).
Tables
1 Contents of S 253 17
2 Identification of hands in S 253 26
3 Named figures that represent a physical object 89
4 Named geometric figures 89
5 Miscellaneous named figures 90
6 The alchemical meanings of the named figures 97
7 Identified airs from S 253 and their printed concordances 143
8 Ballet entrées with a title in S 253 158
Illustrations
1 Decorative motif by H7 to end the text of the airs on ff. 56v, 60v, 61v and 64r in S 253 13
2 Example of a squared circle â the eleventh figure on f. 12v in S 253 91
3 A heart on top of a triangle â the fifth figure on f. 16v in S 253 91
4 An upside-down heart on top of a downwards pointing triangle â the first figure on f. 17r in S 253 91
5 The 5th, 7th and 9th figures from a 1616 balletto showing the dancers facing in various directions 93
6 Drawing of a rocket on f. 36r (detail) in S 253 97
7 Engravings 7â10 showing how to move the pike from the âadvanceâ position to âpike on the shoulderâ. In Jacob de Gheyn, Maniement dâarmes (1608). Courtesy of the Getty Research Institute 123
8 Engravings 11â14 showing how to âchargeâ the pike ready for a forwards thrust. In Jacob de Gheyn, Maniement dâarmes (1608). Courtesy of the Getty Research Institute 124
9 Engravings 26â29 showing how to turn 180 degrees when holding a pike. In Jacob de Gheyn, Maniement dâarmes (1608). Courtesy of the Getty Research Institute 125
Musical Examples
1a Melody of Je voudrois bien by Antoine de Boësset from Gabriel Bataille, Airs de différents autheurs, mis en tablature de luth, sixième livre (Paris: P. Ballard, 1615), pp. 12vâ13r 150
1b Je voudrois bien from S 253 f. 64v 150