Ledall Roll (Additional MS 39564)

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Ledall Roll
Additional MS 39564, British Library
London, United Kingdom
File:Add. MS 39564.jpg
Hils' catalog
Leng's catalog
Type Fencing manual
Date between 1535 - 1550
Language(s) Early Modern English
Scribe(s) J. Ledall (?)
Author(s) J. Ledall (?)
Material Vellum
Format Roll
Script Bastarda (?)
External link Museum data sheet

The Additional MS 39564 is an English fencing manual apparently authored by one J. Ledall between 1535 and 1550.[citation needed] The original currently rests in the holdings of the British Library in London, England. Ledall's identity remains a mystery, although a soldier named John Ledall has recently been identified in a 1538 muster roll for Northumberland.[1] Along with the Man yt Wol and the Cotton Titus manuscript, this is one of only three extant treatises describing Medieval English martial arts.

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Provenance

The known provenance of the Additional MS 39564 is:

  • written by J. Ledall between 1535 and 1550.
  • before 1917 - acquired by Rev. Alfred Fuller
  • 1917 - donated to the British Museum.
  • 1973 - moved to the newly organized British Library.

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Additional Resources

References

  1. Stevie Thurston. "New info on Ledall." Schola Gladiatoria Forum. Retrieved 2012-02-08/
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