Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch (MS 26-232)

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Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch
MS 26-232, Albertina Vienna, Austria
ff 42v - 43r
Hils' catalog	45
Leng's catalog	38.9.11
Type	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Date	ca. 1512
Place of origin	Nuremberg, Germany
Language(s)	Early New High German
Scribe(s)	Albrecht Dürer (42v-51r, 52v-57r) Willibald Pirckheimer (51r-52r) Unknown (57v-62r)
Author(s)	Unknown
Illustrated by	Albrecht Dürer
Size	77 folia
Format	Double-sided; two or three illustrations per side, with text on the right
Script	Bastarda
Exemplar(s)	Codex I.6.4°.2 (1470s)

MS 26-232 is a German fencing manual created in 1512 by Albrecht Dürer,^[1] and is thus the first fencing manual illustrated by a famous artist. The original currently rests in the Graphische Sammulung of the Albertina in Vienna, Austria. This treatise, like all of Dürer's fencing material, appears to be connected with the visit of Emperor Maximilian I to Dürer's home of Nuremberg in 1512.^[1]

Dürer was an important figure in the German renaissance, and is noted for his realistic depictions of human anatomy; this is significant as the art in earlier fencing manuals is often considered distorted or otherwise less unreliable. Much of the material seems to be copied from the earlier fencing manuals of the Codex Wallerstein, making it part of the supposed Nuremburg tradition. The Codex 1246 seems to have been copied in turn from this manuscript in the early 1600s; the additional content in that version might mean that the MS 26-232 is incomplete in its current state.

Contents 1 Provenance 2 Contents 3 Gallery 4 Additional Resources 5 References

Provenance

The known provenance of the MS 26-232 is:^[2]

• Created by Albrecht Durer in Nuremberg in 1512, probably for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
• Early 1600s - Copied into the Codex 1246 by an unknown scribe.
• 1823 - Discovered in Styria, Austria, by theologian Vincenz Weintridt.
• 1833 - Presented to Emperor Franz I by Weindridt.
• Present - Held by the Albertina in Vienna, Austria.

Contents

Folio	Section
1r - 42r
42v - 62r	Grappling teachings from the Nuremberg tradition
62v - 65v	Longsword teachings from the Nuremberg tradition
66r - 67r	Dagger teachings from the Nuremberg tradition
67v - 77r	Messer teachings from the Nuremberg tradition

Gallery

Folio 42v	Folio 43r	Folio 43v	Folio 44r	Folio 44v	Folio 45r
Folio 45v	Folio 46r	Folio 46v	Folio 47r	Folio 47v	Folio 48r
Folio 48v	Folio 49r	Folio 49v	Folio 50r	Folio 50v	Folio 51r
Folio 51v	Folio 52r	Folio 52v	Folio 53r	Folio 53v	Folio 54r
Folio 54v	Folio 55r	Folio 55v	Folio 56r	Folio 56v	Folio 57r
Folio 57v	Folio 58r	Folio 58v	Folio 59r	Folio 59v	Folio 60r
Folio 60v	Folio 61r	Folio 61v	Folio 62r	Folio 62v	Folio 63r
Folio 63v	Folio 64r	Folio 64v	Folio 65r	Folio 65v	Folio 66r
Folio 66v	Folio 67r	Folio 67v	Folio 68r	Folio 68v	Folio 69r
Folio 69v	Folio 70r	Folio 70v	Folio 71r	Folio 71v	Folio 72r
Folio 72v	Folio 73r	Folio 73v	Folio 74r	Folio 74v	Folio 75r
Folio 75v	Folio 76r	Folio 76v	Folio 77r

Additional Resources

• Dörnhöffer, Friedrich. Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch. Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1909.
• Dürer, Albrecht and Wassmannsdorff, Karl. Die Ringkunst des deutschen Mittelalters. Liepzig: Priber, 1870.
• Strauss, Walter L. The complete drawings of Albrecht Dürer. New York: Abaris Books, 1974. ISBN 0913870005

References