Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (Joachim Meÿer)
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| Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens | |
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| A Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing | |
.jpg) Image F from the 1570 edition, with color added by a modern artist | |
| Full Title | A Thorough Description of the Free, Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings |
| Author(s) | Johannes Liechtenauer Joachim Meÿer |
| Illustrated by | Tobias Stimmer’s workshop (inc. Hans Christoffel Stimmer) |
| Dedicated to | Count Palatine Johann Casimir |
| Place of Origin | Strasbourg, Germany |
| Language | Early New High German |
| Genre(s) | Fencing manual Wrestling manual |
| Sources | MS A.4°.2 (1560) |
| Publisher | Thiebolt Berger |
| Publication Date | 1570, 1590, 1600, 1610, 1660 |
| Pages | 379 |
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Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens ("A Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing") is a German fencing manual written by Joachim Meÿer and printed in 1570. Building on his earlier 1560 manuscript, the MS A.4°.2, it is a complex, multiweapon treatise that represents a significant evolution of the art that Johannes Liechtenauer taught two centuries earlier.
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Publication History
The first edition of Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens was printed in Strasbourg in 1570, some months before Meÿer's death; it may have been reprinted there in 1590.[citation needed] A second edition was printed in Augsburg in 1600, possibly arranged by his widow and her family. According to some sources, there were additional editions printed in 1610 and in 1660.[1][2] Unfortunately, only copies of the 1570 and 1600 editions are currently known to exist.
In 2006, Meÿer's treatise was translated into English by Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng and published in New York under the title The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570.
Contents
The pagination in this text resets at the beginning of books 2 and 4, so there is little point in referencing page numbers in this table of contents.
| Page | Section |
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| Book 1 | Longsword by Joachim Meÿer |
| Book 2 | Dussack by Joachim Meÿer |
| Book 3 | Side sword by Joachim Meÿer |
| Book 4 | Dagger by Joachim Meÿer |
| Book 5 | Staff by Joachim Meÿer |
Gallery
 |  |  Longsword A |  Longsword B |  Longsword C |  Longsword D | |
 Longsword E |  Longsword F |  Longsword G |  Longsword H |  Longsword I |  Longsword K | |
 Longsword L |  Longsword M |  Longsword N |  Longsword O |  Dussack A |  Dussack B | |
 Dussack C |  Dussack D | [No Image] Dussack E |  Dussack F |  Dussack G |  Dussack H | |
 Dussack I |  Dussack K |  Dussack L |  Dussack M |  Dussack N |  Dussack O | |
 Dussack P |  Meyer Portrait 1 |
|  Meyer Portrait 3 |  Meyer Portrait 4 |  Side Sword A | |
 Side Sword B |  Side Sword C |  Side Sword D |  Side Sword E |  Side Sword F |  Side Sword G | |
 Side Sword G2 |  Side Sword H |  Side Sword I |  Dagger A |  Dagger A2 |  Dagger B | |
 Dagger C |  Dagger D | [No Image] Dagger E |  Dagger F |  Staff A |  Staff B | |
 Staff C |  Staff D |  Staff E |  Staff F |  Staff G |  Staff H | |
 Staff I |  Staff K |  Staff L |  Staff M |
Additional Resources
- Meÿer, Joachim. The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Translated from German by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
References
- ↑ Schaer, Alfred. Die altdeutschen fechter und spielleute: Ein beitrag zur deutschen culturgeschichte. K.J. Trübner, 1901. p 76.
- ↑ Pollock, W. H., Grove, F. C., and Prévost, C. Fencing. London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and co, 1897. pp 267-268.
