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| − | '''Camillo Palladini''' was a 16th or [[century::17th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] fencing master | + | '''Camillo Palladini''' was a 16th or [[century::17th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] fencing master. He seems to have been a professional fencing master, and to have written his treatise [[Discorso sopra l'arte della scherma (MS 14.10)|treatise]] (MS 14/10), around the turn of the 17th century. |
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| + | In the title to his work Palladini declares himself a native of Bologna: ''Camillo Palladini Bolognese'', although he seems to have been active in Rome, [[Torquato D'Alessandri]], naming a ''Camillo Paladino'' from Bologna among the masters teaching in Rome as of 1609. | ||
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| + | ''...the good and honoured masters of Rome, such as Messrs. Oratio and Cesare Cavalcabo, Camillo Paladino [sic], most excellent men, known as the Bolognese; Messers. Francesco and Vincenzo Marcelli, most exquisite men, known as the Abruzzese; and Messrs. Appio Castelli, Gio[vanni]. Angelo Paternostraro and Antonio Rinaldi, most fine and famous men, known as the Romans.''<ref>D’Alessandri, Torquato. ''Il cavaliere compito''. Viterbo, 1609. p.109.</ref> | ||
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| + | Palladini mentions a number of earlier fencing masters in his work, including ''Tapa di Milano'', presumably the “great Tappé of Milan” mentioned by the French chronicler Brantôme, and [[Camillo Agrippa]], whom he cites in order to disagree with, explicitly rejecting overwrought geometrical explanations of fencing. | ||
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| + | Palladini’s own method of fencing demonstrates commonalities with a number of contemporary and near-contemporary treatises, presaging the methods of later Italian rapier masters, while conserving some elements of the earlier Bolognese school (for example cuts or beats with the false edge of the sword, and mentions of the older Bolognese guard names). | ||
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| + | The treatise covers the sword alone, sword and dagger, sword and cloak, double swords, spadone, pike and halberd. | ||
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| + | Palladini’s manuscript was not published in his own lifetime, and bears no dedication, however the 1610 treatise of [[André des Bordes]] appears in large part to be a plagiarism in French translation of sections of Palladini’s work. | ||
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== Treatises == | == Treatises == | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 18 November 2020
| Camillo Palladini | |
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| Occupation | Fencing master |
| Influences | Camillo Agrippa |
| Influenced | André des Bordes |
| Genres | Fencing manual |
| Language | Italian |
| Manuscript(s) | MS 14/10 (ca. 1600) |
Camillo Palladini was a 16th or 17th century Italian fencing master. He seems to have been a professional fencing master, and to have written his treatise treatise (MS 14/10), around the turn of the 17th century.
In the title to his work Palladini declares himself a native of Bologna: Camillo Palladini Bolognese, although he seems to have been active in Rome, Torquato D'Alessandri, naming a Camillo Paladino from Bologna among the masters teaching in Rome as of 1609.
...the good and honoured masters of Rome, such as Messrs. Oratio and Cesare Cavalcabo, Camillo Paladino [sic], most excellent men, known as the Bolognese; Messers. Francesco and Vincenzo Marcelli, most exquisite men, known as the Abruzzese; and Messrs. Appio Castelli, Gio[vanni]. Angelo Paternostraro and Antonio Rinaldi, most fine and famous men, known as the Romans.[1]
Palladini mentions a number of earlier fencing masters in his work, including Tapa di Milano, presumably the “great Tappé of Milan” mentioned by the French chronicler Brantôme, and Camillo Agrippa, whom he cites in order to disagree with, explicitly rejecting overwrought geometrical explanations of fencing.
Palladini’s own method of fencing demonstrates commonalities with a number of contemporary and near-contemporary treatises, presaging the methods of later Italian rapier masters, while conserving some elements of the earlier Bolognese school (for example cuts or beats with the false edge of the sword, and mentions of the older Bolognese guard names).
The treatise covers the sword alone, sword and dagger, sword and cloak, double swords, spadone, pike and halberd.
Palladini’s manuscript was not published in his own lifetime, and bears no dedication, however the 1610 treatise of André des Bordes appears in large part to be a plagiarism in French translation of sections of Palladini’s work.
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- ↑ D’Alessandri, Torquato. Il cavaliere compito. Viterbo, 1609. p.109.
