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Οπλοδιδασκαλια sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)
Οπλοδιδασκαλια sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri | |||||
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MS 26-232, Albertina Vienna, Austria | |||||
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Date | ca. 1512 | ||||
Place of origin | Nuremberg, Germany | ||||
Language(s) | Early New High German | ||||
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Illustrator(s) | Albrecht Dürer | ||||
Size | 127 folia (220 mm × 310 mm) | ||||
Format | Generally single-sided; two or three illustrations per side, with text on the right | ||||
Exemplar(s) | Cod. I.6.4º.2 (1470s) | ||||
Treatise scans |
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Οπλοδιδασκαλια sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri ("Weapon Training, or Albrecht Dürer's Meditation on the Handling of Weapons", MS 26-232) is a German fencing manual created in ca. 1512 in the workshop of Albrecht Dürer.[1] The original currently rests in the Graphische Sammlung 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 city of Nuremberg in 1512.[1]
Dürer was an important figure in the German renaissance, and is noted for his realistic depictions of human anatomy. Much of the material seems to be copied from earlier treatises in the Bauman Fechtbuch and the Glasgow Fechtbuch, making it part of the Augsburg tradition. The lost Codex 1246 seems to have been copied in turn from this manuscript (as well as Christian Egenolff's reprint of Andre Paurenfeyndt) in the early 1600s.
Contents
Provenance
The known provenance of the MS 26-232 is:[2]
- Created in Albrecht Dürer's workshop in Nuremberg in ca. 1512, probably for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
- Early 1600s - Copied by an unknown scribe to produce the Codex 1246.
- 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
Ir - 3v | Front matter
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4r - 12r | Blank |
14r - 53r | Grappling teachings from the Augsburg tradition |
53r - 59r | Blank |
60r - 66r | Sword teachings from the Augsburg tradition |
66v - 67v | Dagger teachings from the Augsburg tradition |
68r - 72r | Blank |
73r - 92r | Messer teachings from the Augsburg tradition |
93r - 95r | Blank |
96r - 100v | Gloss of the Recital on the Messer by Johannes Lecküchner (fragment) |
100v | Verse on mounted fencing by Martin Huntsfeld |
100v | Recital on short sword fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer |
100v | Grappling by Ott Jud (fragment) |
101r | Anonymous sword pieces
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101r | Anonymous dagger pieces
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101rv | Short sword fencing by Andre Lignitzer (fragment) |
105r - 112v | Gloss of Liechtenauer's Recital on short sword fencing by Sigmund ain Ringeck (jumbled) |
112v - 116v | Anonymous dagger pieces
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116v - 124r | Gloss of Liechtenauer's Recital on mounted fencing by Lew |
125r - 127r | Epitaph
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Gallery
The manuscript is composed of four sections of different ages. Part A is the youngest; it was composed at the turn of the 17th century as an introduction to the manuscript. Part B was illustrated in Albrecht Dürer's workshop in ca. 1510, and was later expanded with blank pages between the illustrations around the time that Part A was created. Parts C and D are the oldest, and were written at the turn of the 16th century (possibly originally forming parts of other manuscripts).
Part A
Part B
Part C
Part D
Dörnhöffer Facsimile
Since the Albertina has only released low-resolution scans of the manuscript, high-res scans of the fragmentary facsimile published by Friedrich Dörnhöffer in 1909 are included below.
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.
- Chidester, Michael; Dierk Hagedorn (2024). Pieces of Ringeck: The Definitive Edition of the Gloss of Sigmund Ainring. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-41-0.
- Dörnhöffer, Friedrich (1909). "Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch." Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses: 300-462. http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/jbksak1907_1909/0306
- Dörnhöffer, Friedrich (1910). Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch. Vienna: F. Tempsky.
- Hagedorn, Dierk (2021). Albrecht Dürer. Das Fechtbuch. Herne: VS-Books. ISBN 9783932077500.
- Hagedorn, Dierk; Daniel Jaquet (2022). Dürer's Fight Book: The Genius of the German Renaissance and his Combat Treatise. Barnsley: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-784438-703-7.
- Strauss, Walter L. (1974). The complete drawings of Albrecht Dürer. New York: Abaris Books. ISBN 0913870005.
- Wassmannsdorff, Karl (1870). Die Ringkunst des deutschen Mittelalters. Liepzig: Priber.
- Wassmannsdorff, Karl (1888). "Nachtrag über das sog. Lebkhommer'sche Fechtbuch und dessen Verhältnis zu der Breslauer Dürer Handschrift von 1512." Monatsschrift für das Turnwesen, mit besonderer Berück-sichtigung des Schulturnens und der Gesundheitspflege 7: 138-145.
- Welle, Rainer (2020). "Mit Dürer auf dem langen Weg zum 'Führer'. Eine Rezeptionsgeschichte über Albrecht Dürers Zweikampfhandschrift Ms 26232 der Albertina Wien." SportZeiten 20(3): 8-42. Bielefeld: Die Werkstatt.
- Welle, Rainer (2021). Albrecht Dürer und seine Kunst des Zweikampfes: auf den Spuren der Handschrift 26232 in der Albertina Wien. Kumberg: Sublilium Schaffer, Verlag für Geschichte, Kunst & Buchkultur. ISBN 9783950500806.
- Widauer, Heinz (2017). "Das Ring- und Fechtbuch der Albertina. Eine Handschrift mit vielen Rätseln." Die Kunst des Fechtens: 267-284. Ed. by Matthias Johannes Bauer; Elisabeth Vavra. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH. ISBN 978-3-8253-6699-5.
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Dörnhöffer. Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch. Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1910.
- ↑ Jane Campbell Hutchinson. Albrecht Durer. Princeton University Press, 1992.
- ↑ wing
- ↑ inverted
- ↑ upwards
- ↑ opponent
- ↑ opponent
- ↑ plunge
- ↑ upwards
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 | Friedrich Dörnhöffer | Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch | |
Translation | Michael Chidester | Wiktenauer | |
Translation | Jake Norwood | The Historical Fencer | |
Transcription | Friedrich Dörnhöffer, Dierk Hagedorn | Index:Oplodidaskalia sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232) |