Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Chart.A.558)

Talhoffer Fechtbuch
MS Chart.A.558, Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha Gotha, Germany
Folio 1v2r
Hagedorn Leng 38.3.3
Wierschin 5 Hils 20
Type	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Date	1448
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Johannes Hartlieb Johannes Liechtenauer Hans Talhoffer
Illustrator(s)	Unknown
Size	151 folia (290 mm x 215 mm)
Format	Double-sided
Script	Bastarda
External data	Library catalog entry
Treatise scans	Digital scans B&W facsimile (hi-res) B&W facsimile (low-res)

The MS Chart.A.558 is a German fencing manual created in ca. 1448 and often attributed to Hans Talhoffer. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha in Gotha, Germany. This is the earliest of the five manuscripts attributed to Talhoffer, and unlike the others, his level of involvement is unclear. It is believed that he put it to personal use as a visual aid for his students.

Contents

1r	Front matter
2r - 6r	Sword postures (sword dance?) by Hans Talhoffer
7r - 17r	Ueber die Erhaltung des Sieges by Johannes Hartlieb
18r - 20v	Recital on the long sword by Johannes Liechtenauer
21v - 23r	Recital on mounted fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer
24v - 48r	Long shield dueling by Hans Talhoffer
48v	Recital on the short sword by Johannes Liechtenauer
49r - 72r	Short sword by Hans Talhoffer
72v - 79v	Poleaxe by Hans Talhoffer
83r - 104v	Dagger by Hans Talhoffer
109v - 114v	Grappling by Ott Jud
116v - 133v	Grappling by Hans Talhoffer
141r - 148v	Anonymous war book

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Additional Resources

• Hergsell, Gustav, and Talhoffer, Hans. Livre d'escrime de Talhoffer (codex Gotha) de l'an 1443. Prague: Chez L'Auteur, 1893.
• Hergsell, Gustav, and Talhoffer, Hans. Talhoffers Fechtbuch (Gothaer Codex) aus dem Jahre 1443: gerichtliche und andere Zweikämpfe darstellend. Prague: Selbstverlag, 1889.

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Transcription	Dierk Hagedorn	Index:Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Chart.A.558)