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Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre (Giovanni dall'Agocchie)
Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre | |
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Three Books on the Art of Defense | |
Author(s) | Giovanni dall'Agocchie |
Dedicated to | Fabio Pepoli, Count of Castiglione |
Place of origin | Venice, Italy |
Language | Italian |
Genre(s) | Fencing manual |
Publisher | G. Tamborino |
Publication date | 1572 |
Pages | 80 |
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Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre ("Three Books on the Art of Defense") is an Italian fencing manual written by Giovanni dall'Agocchie and published in 1572. It treats the use of the side sword, both single and with secondary weapons, after the Bolognese fashion and represents a shift in the system toward a more thrust-oriented style.
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Publication History
Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre was published in Venice in 1572 by G. Tamborino. A second edition may have been published in 1580.
An English translation was prepared by Jherek Swanger and self-published in 2018 under the title The Art of Defense: on Fencing, the Joust, and Battle Formation, by Giovanni dall’Agocchie.
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Additional Resources
The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.
- Agocchie, Giovanni dall (2018). The Art of Defense: on Fencing, the Joust, and Battle Formation, by Giovanni dall'Agocchie. Trans. by W. Jherek Swanger. Self-published.
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Copyright and License Summary
For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.
Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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Images | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek | |
Transcription | Benjamin Conan | Index:Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre (Giovanni dall'Agocchie) |