Editing Viol (section)

==Treatises==
[[Image:Virdung Lutes PluckBow 1511.jpg|thumb|Illustration from [[Sebastian Virdung]]'s (German) 1511 treatise ''Musica Getutsch'', showing the lute family—plucked and bowed. This is the first printed illustration of a viol in history.]]

Descriptions and illustrations of viols are found in numerous early 16th-century musical treatises, including those authored by:

*[[Sebastian Virdung]]: ''Musica getutsch'', 1511
*[[Hans Judenkünig]]: ''Ain schone kunstliche Vunderwaisung'', 1523
*[[Martin Agricola]]: ''Musica instrumentalis deutsch'', 1528
*[[Hans Gerle]]: ''Musica Teusch'' (or ''Teutsch''), 1532

Both Agricola's and Gerle's works were published in various editions.

There were then several important [[treatise]]s concerning or devoted to the viol. The first was by [[Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego]]: ''Regola Rubertina & Lettione Seconda'' (1542/3). [[Diego Ortiz]] published ''Trattado de Glosas'' ([[Rome]], 1553), an important book of music for the viol with both examples of ornamentation and pieces called ''Recercadas''. In England, [[Christopher Simpson (musician)|Christopher Simpson]] wrote the most important treatise, with the second edition being published in 1667 in parallel text (English and [[Latin]]). This has [[variation (music)|divisions]] at the back that are very worthwhile repertoire. A little later, in England, [[Thomas Mace]] wrote ''Musick's Monument'', which deals more with the lute but has an important section on the viol. After this, the French treatises by [[Le Sieur de Machy|Machy]] (1685), [[Jean Rousseau (violist)|Rousseau]] (1687), [[Le Sieur Danoville|Danoville]] (1687), and [[Etienne Loulie]] (1700) show further developments in playing technique.