Codex Ringeck (MS Dresd.C.487)

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Codex Ringeck
MS Dresden C.487, Sächsische Landesbibliothek
Dresden, Germany

ff 1v - 2r
Hils' catalog 16
Leng's catalog
Type Fencing manual
Wrestling manual
Date between 1504 and 1519
Language(s) Early New High German
Author(s) Johannes Liechtenauer
Andre Liegniczer
Ott Jud
Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck
Compiled by Unknown
Size 122 folia
Format Double-sided, with black and red ink
Script Bastarda
External link Museum data sheet

The MS Dresden C 487 is a German fencing manual created between 1504 and 1519.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden, Germany. This manual is commonly attributed to Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck, but although his gloss of Johannes Liechtenauer's epitome forms the core of the book, he is referred to in the third person in its introduction and was most likely not responsible for the manuscript itself. The rest of the manuscript is a compilation text consisting of treatises on a variety of martial topics, by several different masters who stood in the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer.

Until recently, this manuscript was presumed to date to the 1440s or 50s due to the names mentioned within (not only Ringeck but also Duke Albrecht of Bavaria).[2] While the original text of Ringeck's gloss may still date to that time period, watermarks have been identified on the paper used here that date it to between 1504 and 1519.

Contents

Provenance

Contents

Folio Section
1r - 2v
3r - 9v Epitome by Johannes Liechtenauer
10v - 48v Gloss of Liechtenauer's Bloßfechten by Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck
49r - 54r Additional longsword teachings by Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck
54r - 55v Sword and Buckler by Andre Liegniczer
55v - 57r Bloßfechten by Johannes Liechtenauer (fragment)
57r - 59v
66r - 77v
78r - 84v Grappling by Ott Jud (fragment)
84v - 87v
89r - 109r Gloss of Liechtenauer's Kampffechten by Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck
110r - 122v Gloss of Liechtenauer's Roßfechten by Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck

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Additional Resources

References

  1. "Handschriftencensus". http://www.handschriftencensus.de/18797. Retrieved 27 September 2010. 
  2. Tobler, Christian Henry. "Chicken and Eggs: Which Master Came First?" In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts. Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2010.
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