Gladiatoria (MS KK5013)

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Gladiatoria
MS KK5013, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria
ff Iv - 1r
Hils' catalog	46
Leng's catalog	38.2.4
Type	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Date	ca. 1430s
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Unknown
Size	56 folia
Format	Double-sided; one illustration per side, with text below
Script	Bastarda
Previously kept	Carl Schruff (1570)

The MS KK5013 is a German fencing manual probably created in the 1430s.^[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. The MS KK5013 is part of the Gladiatoria group, a series of several German manuscripts from the 15th century that share the same art style and cover the same material; it seems to be the oldest member of the group and may have been the exemplar for the MS German Quarto 16. The Gladiatoria manuals are interesting texts in that they seem to be contemporary with the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer, but not directly influenced by it.^{[citation needed]}

The core of the Gladiatoria group is a series of devices of armored fencing following the traditional progression of a judicial duel: beginning with spears and small shields called ecranches, moving to longswords, then employing daggers on foot and on the ground. (Traditional dueling would begin on horseback before going to foot combat, and the ecranche is designed for mounted fencing, but Gladiatoria skips that stage entirely.)

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

Provenance

Contents

Folio	Section
1r - 6r	Spear in armor from Gladiatoria
6v - 31r	Longsword in armor from Gladiatoria
31v - 49v	Dagger in armor from Gladiatoria
53r - 56v	Wrestling from Gladiatoria
57r	[Top left:] 53 Bl Evtl JLG [Bottom left:] 1570 ZVAG Carl Schurff zw Schenwertt

Gallery

	File:KK5013 Cover 1.jpg Front cover	Inside cover	Folio 1r	Folio 1v	Folio 2r
Folio 2v	Folio 3r	Folio 3v	Folio 4r	Folio 4v	Folio 5r
Folio 5v	Folio 6r	Folio 6v	Folio 7r	Folio 7v	Folio 8r
Folio 8v	Folio 9r	Folio 9v	Folio 10r	Folio 10v	Folio 11r
Folio 11v	Folio 12r	Folio 12v	Folio 13r	Folio 13v	Folio 14r
Folio 14v	Folio 15r	Folio 15v	Folio 16r	Folio 16v	Folio 17r
Folio 17v	Folio 18r	Folio 18v	Folio 19r	Folio 19v	Folio 20r
Folio 20v	Folio 21r	Folio 21v	Folio 22r	Folio 22v	Folio 23r
Folio 23v	Folio 24r	Folio 24v	Folio 25r	Folio 25v	Folio 26r
Folio 26v	Folio 27r	Folio 27v	Folio 28r	Folio 28v	Folio 29r
Folio 29v	Folio 30r	Folio 30v	Folio 31r	Folio 31v	Folio 32r
Folio 32v	Folio 33r	Folio 33v	Folio 34r	Folio 34v	Folio 35r
Folio 35v	Folio 36r	Folio 36v	Folio 37r	Folio 37v	Folio 38r
Folio 38v	Folio 39r	Folio 39v	Folio 40r	Folio 40v	Folio 41r
Folio 41v	Folio 42r	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
[Blank Page] Folio 50v	[Blank Page] Folio 51r	[Blank Page] Folio 51v	[Blank Page] Folio 52r	Folio 52v	Folio 53r
Folio 53v	Folio 54r	Folio 54v	Folio 55r	Folio 55v	Folio 56r
Folio 56v	Inside cover	File:KK5013 Cover 4.jpg Back cover

Additional Resources

• Hils, Hans-Peter. "Gladiatoria: Über drei Fechthandschriften aus der ersten Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts." Codices manuscripti. Issue 13, 1987.
• Knight, Hugh T., Jr. The Gladiatoria Fechtbuch: A Fifteenth-Century German Fight Book. Lulu.com, 2008.
• Walczak, Bartłomiej. "Judicial Armoured Dagger Combat of Gladiatoria and KK 5013." Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts. Ed. Jeffrey Hull. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-668-3

References