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Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch (MS Var.83)
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Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch | |||||
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MS Var.83, Universitätsbibliothek Rostock Rostock, Germany | |||||
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Type | Fencing manual | ||||
Date | Mid-16th century | ||||
Language(s) | Early New High German | ||||
Author(s) | Unknown | ||||
Scribe(s) | Unknown | ||||
Patron | Hugold Behr | ||||
Material | Paper | ||||
Size | 51 folia (200 mm × 160 mm) | ||||
Format | Double-sided; text with scattered illustrations | ||||
Script | Cursive | ||||
External data | Library catalog entry | ||||
Treatise scans | Digital scans |
Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch (MS var. 83) is an anonymous 16th century German fencing manual created some time before 1573.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitätsbibliothek Rostock in Rostock, Germany. It was previously owned by Hugold Behr the Elder, from whom it takes its name, but wasn't written by him.
Contents
Provenance
Contents
1r - 39r | Anonymous sword and dagger treatise |
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40v - 51r | Illustrations of human figures |
Gallery
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.
- Bauer, Matthias Johannes (2007). "Die unbekannte illustrierte Fechthandschrift des Hugold Behr. Vorbemerkungen zur Edition von Rostock UB Mss. Var. 83." Medium Aevum Quotidianum 55: 80-85.
- Bauer, Matthias Johannes (2020). "The Fight Book of Hugold Behr: A Late Sixteenth-Century Fight Book in Comparative Perspective." Acta Periodica Duellatorum 8(1): 89-104. doi:10.36950/apd-2020-006.
References
- ↑ Bauer, Matthias Johannes. "The Fight Book of Hugold Behr: A Late Sixteenth-Century Fight Book in Comparative Perspective". Acta Periodica Duellatorum 8(1). 2020. pp 89-90
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 | Universitätsbibliothek Rostock | Universitätsbibliothek Rostock | |
Transcription | Index:Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch (MS Var.83) |