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| Date               = Mid-17th century {{#set: year=1650-1700}}
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| Author(s)          = [[author::Heinrich von und zum Velde]]
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'''''Three treatises on the art of fencing''''' (Add MS 17533) is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] containing the writings of [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]].<ref>Van Noort and Schäfer (2017), pp. 70-72.</ref> The original currently rests in the holdings of the [[British Library]] in London, United Kingdom. This manuscript is a compendium of lessons on fencing based on the teachings of earlier masters, including [[Salvator Fabris]], his student Herman, and [[Gérard Thibault d'Anvers|Gérard Thibault]].

== Provenance ==



== Contents ==

{| class="treatise"
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! id="page" | [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|1r – 23v]]
| [[Rapier]] plays by [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]], based on [[Salvator Fabris]]' book 1

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! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|24r – 38v]]
| [[Rapier]] plays by [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]], based on [[Salvator Fabris]]' book 2

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! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|38v – 39v]]
| [[Rapier]] plays by [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]], based on [[Gérard Thibault d'Anvers]]

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! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|40r – 56r]]
| 93 drawings in Indian ink (referenced in the earlier plays)

|- 
! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|57r – 101v]]
| [[Rapier]] teachings by [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]], based on oral teachings of [[Salvator Fabris]] and Herman

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! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|101v – 117r]]
| Abridged version of previous section

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! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|117r – 118r]]
| Repetition of a small part of [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]]'s teachings based on [[Salvator Fabris]]' book 2

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! [[Heinrich von und zum Velde|118r – 118v]]
| Repetition of [[Heinrich von und zum Velde]]'s teachings based on [[Gérard Thibault d'Anvers]] with minor corrections

|- 
! 118v
| Anonymous plays of the [[dagger]]

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! [[Erhard Henning|118v – 127v]]
| [[Rapier]] teachings by [[Erhard Henning]]

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== Copyright and License Summary ==

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