Do I see four nuts on the second head? How many strings run over each one?The second pegbox bears four bass courses, ie pairs of strings (fundamentals and octaves). Here's a picture of the original (you can right-click on the pictures, then click on graphic show and see them in their original size):

What effect does the mensura / string diameter-relation bring to the sound quality?First of all, the sound is much brighter than the sound of usual baroque lutes of about 70 cm mensur. Secondly, the transitional tuning in a higher pitch renders the music in easier keys. While the standard editions have most of the music with three or four flats, I can think and play it in C major / A minor or in G major / E minor.
And (last question of the curious mind) did you do the brocade thing, and if do you have a close up shot of it?The textile strip is original. Here's a picture:

Luthiers of the 17th and 18th centuries would use textile strips around the edge of the soundboard in order to make repairs of the soundboards easier. Here' a close-up of the new lute:

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