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| name                 = [[name::Federico Ghisliero]]
| name                     = De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge van Schilt, Spies, Rappier end Targe
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| image                = File:Ghisliero portrait.jpg
| subtitle                  = [[title::On the Weapon-Handling of Nassau with Shield, Spear, Rapier, and Target]]
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| deathdate            = 1619
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| deathplace          = Turino
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| occupation          = [[occupation::Soldier]]
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| citizenship          = Bologna
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| influences           = {{plainlist
| illustrated by            = [[artist::Adam van Breen]]
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  | [[Camillo Agrippa]]
| translator(s)             = Unknown
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  | [[Giovanni dall'Agocchie]] (?)
| patron                    =
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  | [[Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza]] (?)
| dedicated to              = Maurice of Nassau
 
| place of origin           = The Hague, Netherlands
 
| language                  = {{collapsible list
 
| [[language::Dutch]] (1618)
 
  | [[language::French]] (1618)
 
  | [[language::Early New High German]] (1618)
 
  | [[language::English]] (1625)
 
 
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| genre                     = Drill manual
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| genre               = [[Fencing manual]]
| publisher                = [[publisher::Aert Meuris]]
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| language            = [[language::Italian]]
| pub_date                  = [[year::1618, 1625]]
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| notableworks        = ''[[Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)|Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii]]'' (1587)
| first English edition    =  
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| pages                    = 118
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| manuscript(s)        = M.A.M. Ghisliero MS (1585)
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| wiktenauer compilation by = [[Michael Chidester]]
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'''''De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge van Schilt, Spies, Rappier end Targe''''' ("On the Weapon-Handling of Nassau with Shield, Spear, Rapier, and Target") is a [[nationality::Dutch]] drill manual illustrated by [[Adam van Breen]] and printed in 1618. The authorship of the text is unknown.
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'''Federico Ghisliero''' (Ghislieri; d. 1619) was a Bolognese soldier and fencer. Little is know about his early life, but he came from a Bolognese family and studied fencing under [[Silvio Piccolomini]]. He lead a long military career that included serving under the famous commander Alessandro, Duke of Parma, in Flanders in 1582. He was also a friend of Galileo Galilei and a prolific writer, though unfortunately most of his writings were destroyed in a fire at the University of Turin in 1904.
  
== Publication History ==
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In 1587, he published a fencing treatise called ''[[Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)|Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii]]'' ("Rules for Many Knightly Exercises"); two versions of the book exist, and it's unclear which was created first. One is dedicated to Antonio Pio Bonello, a well-known soldier and distant relative of Ghisliero, and the other to Ranuccio Farnese, who was 18 years old at the time and Alessandro's heir.
  
''De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge van Schilt, Spies, Rappier end Targe'' was first published in 1618 in the Hague, Netherlands. Noted artist [[Adam van Breen]] provided the artwork, but the author of the text is unknown, as is the original language of the treatise&mdash;editions in Dutch, French, and German all survive from that year.
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Ghisliero's treatise is notable for his use of geometry in relation to fencing, using concentric circles centered on where the fencer has placed most of their weight (often, but not always, the back foot), and sometimes including multiple versions of each figure in an illustration to show the progression of the movements he describes. He also seems to be the first author to reference the ''Vitruvian Man'' in a fencing treatise. However, his treatise is unique in that it was printed without any illustrations at all, and they had to be drawn in by hand. It's unclear whether this indicates that he intended to have printing plates made but was unable to do so, or that his plan from the start was to have the books vary based on how much art each buyer was willing to pay for.
  
An English edition was produced in 1625 under the title ''Mars his Feild or The Exercise of Armes'', printed in London by Roger Daniell. This was an anonymous, abridged translation and contained no introduction; unlike the prior editions, it appears to have been hand-written onto the illustrated pages.
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Ghisliero died in Turino in 1619.
  
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Latest revision as of 00:51, 29 March 2024

Federico Ghisliero
Died 1619
Turino
Occupation Soldier
Citizenship Bologna
Influences
Genres Fencing manual
Language Italian
Notable work(s) Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (1587)
Manuscript(s) M.A.M. Ghisliero MS (1585)

Federico Ghisliero (Ghislieri; d. 1619) was a Bolognese soldier and fencer. Little is know about his early life, but he came from a Bolognese family and studied fencing under Silvio Piccolomini. He lead a long military career that included serving under the famous commander Alessandro, Duke of Parma, in Flanders in 1582. He was also a friend of Galileo Galilei and a prolific writer, though unfortunately most of his writings were destroyed in a fire at the University of Turin in 1904.

In 1587, he published a fencing treatise called Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii ("Rules for Many Knightly Exercises"); two versions of the book exist, and it's unclear which was created first. One is dedicated to Antonio Pio Bonello, a well-known soldier and distant relative of Ghisliero, and the other to Ranuccio Farnese, who was 18 years old at the time and Alessandro's heir.

Ghisliero's treatise is notable for his use of geometry in relation to fencing, using concentric circles centered on where the fencer has placed most of their weight (often, but not always, the back foot), and sometimes including multiple versions of each figure in an illustration to show the progression of the movements he describes. He also seems to be the first author to reference the Vitruvian Man in a fencing treatise. However, his treatise is unique in that it was printed without any illustrations at all, and they had to be drawn in by hand. It's unclear whether this indicates that he intended to have printing plates made but was unable to do so, or that his plan from the start was to have the books vary based on how much art each buyer was willing to pay for.

Ghisliero died in Turino in 1619.

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