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| name                      = ''Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst''
| subtitle                  = [[title::The Ancient Fencer's Thorough Art]]
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| image                     = File:Egenolff title 2.jpg
| width                     = 150px
| caption                   = Title page of the first edition
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| full title                = 
| also known as             = {{plainlist
 | ''Der Altenn Fechter an fengliche Kunst''
 | ''Fechtbuch. Die Ritterliche, Mannliche Kunst''
}}
| author(s)                 = {{collapsible list
 | [[author::Hans Lebkommer]]
 | [[author::Johannes Liechtenauer]]
 | [[author::Andre Lignitzer]]
 | [[author::Andre Paurenfeyndt]]
 | Unknown
}}
| ascribed to               = 
| compiled by               = 
| illustrated by            = [[artist::Hans Weiditz]]
| translator(s)             = 
| patron                    = 
| dedicated to              = 
| place of origin           = Frankfurt-am-Main
| language                  = [[language::Early New High German]]
| subject                   = 
| genre                     = {{plainlist
 | [[type::Fencing manual]]
 | [[type::Wrestling manual]]
}}
| sources                   = ''[[Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt)|Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der <br/>Fechterey]]'' (1516)
| publisher                 = [[publisher::Christian Egenolff]]
| pub_date                  = [[year::1530s, 1545, 1558|1531 - 1537]]
| first English edition     = 
| pages                     = 94
| extant copies             = 
| wiktenauer compilation by = 
| images                    = {{collapsible list
 | [http://www.nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-uba001458-2 B&W photocopy] (1530s)
 | [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00024296/image_1 Digital scans] (1530s)
 | [http://resolver.libis.be/IE12644841/representation Digital scans] (1558)
 | [http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/hn-64/start.htm Digital scans] (1558)
 | [http://www.umass.edu/renaissance/lord/pdfs/Leckuchner_Lebkommer_1558.pdf B&W photocopy] (1558)
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'''''Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst''''' ("The Ancient Fencer's Thorough Art") is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] printed in the 16th century by [[Christian Egenolff]]. The text is largely a redaction of [[Andre Paurenfeyndt]]'s earlier treatise ''[[Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt)|Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey]]'', but with significant unique material. Egenolff reset the text and hired noted Strassbourg artist [[Hans Weiditz]] to illustrate it.

== Publication History ==

The first three printings of the book are undated, but the first edition, titled ''Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst'', must have been printed between 1531, when Egenolff set up his shop in Frankfurt-am-Main, and Weiditz' death in 1537; a copy of the first edition that recently came up for auction was dated to ca. 1535,<ref>''[Lecküchner]. Der Allten Fechter Gründtliche''. [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6749760 Live Auctioneers]. Retrieved 10 November 2011.</ref> but this date seems speculative. The second edition, titled ''Der Altenn Fechter an fengliche Kunst'', and the third edition, titled ''Fechtbuch. Die Ritterliche, Man{{dec|u|n}}liche Kunst'', were released some time before Egenolff's own death in 1555. In 1558, Egenolff's heirs published a fourth edition (titled the same as the third) posthumously.<ref>According to [[page:DAFaK 1558 mIIIv.jpg|page 47v]] of the fourth edition.</ref> 

In the 1600s, a fairly faithful [[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (Cod.1246)|manuscript]] including portions of both this text and [[Albrecht Dürer]]'s ''[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri]]'' was created by an unknown scribe (it has since been lost).

== Contents ==

This is the table of contents for the first edition. The order of sections remains generally the same through all editions, apart from moving the index to the end of the book, but the exact pagination varies.

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! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Michael Chidester]]</p>

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| {{treatise begin
  | title = Index
  | width = 60em
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{| class="treatisecontent"
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! <p>{{rating}}</p>
! <p>Transcription</p>

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{{treatise end}}

|- 
! [[Andre Paurenfeyndt|4r]]
| Twelve Rules for Beginning Fencers by [[Andre Paurenfeyndt]]

|- 
! [[Andre Paurenfeyndt|4v - 16v]]
| [[Sword]] by [[Andre Paurenfeyndt]]

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! [[Hans Lebkommer|16v - 20v]],<br>[[Hans Lebkommer|25v - 33v]]
| [[Messer]] by [[Hans Lebkommer]] (Johannes Lecküchner)

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! [[Andre Paurenfeyndt|20v - 25v]]
| [[Messer]] by [[Andre Paurenfeyndt]]

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! [[Andre Lignitzer|33v - 34r]]
| [[Sword and buckler]] by [[Andre Lignitzer]]

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! [[Andre Lignitzer|34r - 35r]]
| [[Dagger]] by [[Andre Lignitzer]]

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! {{nowrap|[[Anonymous 16th Century Dagger Treatise|35r - 37v]]}}
| Anonymous [[dagger]] devices

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! [[Kunstlicher stuck Kämpffens Ringens und Werffens|38r - 46r]]
| Anonymous [[grappling]] devices

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! [[Andre Paurenfeyndt|46v - 48r]]
| [[Staff]] by [[Andre Paurenfeyndt]]

|}

== Gallery ==

<h3 style="clear:both;"> Title pages </h3>

{{image|Egenolff title 2.jpg|First edition (1530s)}}
{{image|Egenolff title 1.jpg|Second edition (1530s?)}}
{{image|Egenolff title 3.jpg|Third edition (1540s?)}}
{{image|Egenolff title 4.jpg|Fourth edition (1558)}}

<h3 style="clear:both;"> Illustrations </h3>

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== Additional Resources ==

* Bauer, Matthias Johannes. ''“Der Alten Fechter gründtliche Kunst” &ndash; Das Frankfurter oder Egenolffsche Fechtbuch. Untersuchung und Edition''. Coll. Geschichtswissenschaften 37. München: Utz Verlag, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-8316-4559-6 
* Jaquet, Daniel; [[Bartłomiej Walczak|Walczak, Bartłomiej]]. "Liegnitzer, Hundsfeld or Lew? The question of authorship of popular Medieval fighting teachings". ''[[Acta Periodica Duellatorum]]'' '''2'''(1): 105-148. 2014. {{doi|10.1515/apd-2015-0015}}.

== References ==

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== Copyright and License Summary ==

For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|discussion page]].

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