''Het Luitboek van Thysius'' () is a book of music for the

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...

. It was written by Adriaen Smout from

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, who started at the University of Leiden in 1595 and later became a notable

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preacher. It was acquired shortly after Smout's death by Joan Thys ( Latinised into Thysius), a Leiden book collector, after whom it is named—Thys' library (including the Luitboek) still survives today in Leiden's Rapenburg as the

Bibliotheca Thysiana The Bibliotheca Thysiana was erected in 1655 to house the book collection of the lawyer Johannes Thysius (1621–1653). Upon his early death, he left a legacy of 20,000 guilders for the building of a public library ("tot publycque dienst der studi ...

. A reprint of the book was published in 2009.

Publication

* Adriaen Smout: ''The Thysius Lute Book / Het luitboek van Thysius''. 3 vols., Leiden & Utrecht. 2009. .

External links

Description at Meertens Instituut
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