Codex Speyer (MS M.I.29)

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Codex Speyer
MS M.I.29, Universitätsbibliothek Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria

ff Iv - 1r
Hils' catalog 43
Leng's catalog
Type Fencing manual
Date 1491
Language(s) Early New High German
Scribe(s) Hans von Speyer
Author(s) Martin Huntfeltz
Jud Lew
Johannes Lecküchner
Johannes Liechtenauer
Andre Liegniczer
Ott Jud
Martin Syber
Material Paper, in a modern binding
Size 158 folia
Format Double-sided, with red and black ink
Script Bastarda

The MS M I 29 is a German fencing manual compiled in 1491 by Hans von Speyer.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitätsbibliothek Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. It is important to note that Hans von Speyer was a scribe, not a master, and the book 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. This treatise is the first to include the works of Martin Syber and Johannes Lecküchner with the Liechtenauer tradition.

Contents

Provenance

Contents

Folio Section
1r
1r - 2v Longsword by Martin Syber
3r Anonymous poem on swordsmanship
5r - 7r
10r - 44r Anonymous gloss of Liechtenauer's Bloßfechten
46r - 117r Epitome and gloss on the Messer by Johannes Lecküchner
119r - 126v Grappling by Ott Jud
129r - 130r Kampffechten by Johannes Liechtenauer
130r - 134v Armored fencing by Martin Huntfeltz (attributed to Jud Lew)
134v - 136v Armored grappling by Martin Huntfeltz (attributed to Jud Lew)
137r - 141r Armored fencing by Andre Liegniczer (attributed to Martin Huntfeltz)
143r - 158r Anonymous gloss of Liechtenauer's Roßfechten

Gallery

Additional Resources

References

  1. Signed and internally dated on folio 158r.
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