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| Talhoffer Fechtbuch | |||||
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| MS Thott.290.2º, Det Kongelige Bibliotek Copenhagen, Denmark | |||||
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| Date | 1459 | ||||
| Language(s) | Early New High German | ||||
| Author(s) | |||||
| Scribe(s) | Michel Rotwyler | ||||
| Illustrator(s) | Clauss Pflieger (?) | ||||
| Material | Paper, in a metal-bound parchment cover | ||||
| Size | 150 folia (210 mm × 300 mm) | ||||
| Format | Double-sided; one illustration per side, with brief text | ||||
| Previously kept | Otto Thott (1703 - 1785) | ||||
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The title of this article contains the character º. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2o).
The MS Thott.290.2º is a German fencing manual created by Hans Talhoffer in 1459.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of Det Kongelige Bibliotek in Copenhagen, Denmark. This manuscript was likely a reference book created for Talhoffer's personal use.[2] Aside from his own work, this manuscript also includes Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital (Zettel) and Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis ("Battle Force"). On the final ten folia, the text is inverted and opening the book from the back reveals a brief treatise on a variety of esoteric subjects.
Contents
Provenance
Contents
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| 1r | Anonymous poem on fencing | |||||||||
| 1v, 8r - 11v | Opening by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 2r - 5v | Recital on long sword fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer | |||||||||
| 12r - 48v | Bellifortis by Konrad Kyeser | |||||||||
| 49r - 60v, 138r - 139r |
Grappling plays by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 61r - 71r | Dagger plays by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 71v - 74v | Poleaxe plays by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 74v - 79v | Mixed weapon plays by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 80r - 84r | Duel between a man and a woman by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 84v - 94r | Short sword fencing by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 94v - 97r | Mounted fencing by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 97v - 101r, 102v - 103r |
Longshield plays by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 101v - 102r | Hans Talhoffer's owner's mark | |||||||||
| 104r - 110r | Equipment for dueling by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 110v - 117r | Illustrations of longshield plays | |||||||||
| 117v - 123v | Sword and buckler plays by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 124r - 130v | Illustrations of mounted fencing plays | |||||||||
| 131r - 137v | Illustrations of poleaxe plays | |||||||||
| 138r - 139r | Closing by Hans Talhoffer | |||||||||
| 150v - 140r | Hie Lert (astrological treatise) |
Gallery
Folia 68 and 118 have been conceptually restored by artist Tracey Zoeller. The pages at the end have been rotated to the orientation in which they are meant to be read.
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Additional Resources
The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.
- Alte Armature und Ringkunst: The Royal Danish Library Ms. Thott 290 2º (2020). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester and Dieter Bachmann. Somerville, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-04-5.
- Chidester, Michael (2020). "The Bellifortis of Konrad Kyeser of Eichstätt." Alte Armature und Ringkunst: The Royal Danish Library Ms. Thott 290 2º: 113-150. Somerville, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-04-5.
- Clarke, Stuart (2010). Medieval Fight Book [Television]. Wild Dream Films.
- Hull, Jeffrey; Grzegorz Żabiński and Monika Maziarz (2007). Knightly Dueling: The Fighting Arts of German Chivalry. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press. ISBN 978-1-581606744.
- Sørensen, Claus F. (2015). "Et senmiddelalderligt tysk fægtemesterhånd-skrift på Det Kongelige Bibliotek. Ms. Thott 290 2º." Fund og Forskning i Det Kongelige Biblioteks Samlinger 50: 159-189. doi:10.7146/fof.v50i0.41246.
- Verelst, Karin (2023). "Medicine, Logic, or Metaphysics? Aristotelianism and Scholasticism in the Fight Book Corpus." Acta Periodica Duellatorum 11(1): 91-127. doi:10.36950/apd-2023-006.
References
- ↑ Internally dated on folio 103v. It is more precisely dated to the festival of Pentecost of that year, which fell on 14 May.
- ↑ Hull, Jeffrey. Fight Earnestly - the Fight-Book from 1459 AD by Hans Talhoffer. The Historical European Martial Arts Alliance, 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
Copyright and License Summary
For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.
| Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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| Images | Det Kongelige Bibliotek | Det Kongelige Bibliotek |  |
| Images (ff 68 and 118) | Tracey Zoeller | Fight Earnestly |  |
| Transcription | Dieter Bachmann | Index:Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º) |  |
