Lo Schermo (Angelo Viggiani)

Lo Schermo
On Defense
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Full title	Lo Schermo d'Angelo Viggiani dal Montone da Bologna
Author(s)	Angelo Viggiani dal Montone
Place of origin	Venice, Italy
Language	Italian
Genre(s)	Fencing manual
Publisher	Giorgio Angelieri
Publication date	1575, 1588
Treatise scans	Digital scans (1575) Digital scans (1575) B&W photocopy (1575) B&W photocopy (1575) Digital scans [1] [2] (1588) Digital Scans (1588) Digital scans (1588) Digital scans (1588) Digital scans (1588) B&W photocopy (1588)

Lo Schermo ("On Defense") is an Italian fencing manual written by Angelo Viggiani dal Montone and published by his brother Battista in 1575. It treats the use of the side sword after the Bolognese fashion.

Publication History

According to the preface, the Viggiani's dying wish to his brother was that his treatise not be published for at least fifteen years. His brother complied, and though the text was completed in 1551, the presentation manuscript (Codex 10723) wasn't presented to Maximilian II (1527-1576) until 1567. The first published edition was released in 1575, printed in Venice, Italy by Giorgio Angelieri. A second edition was published in Bologna in 1588 by Zachara Cavalcabo.

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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.

• Viggiani, Angelo (2017). The Fencing Method of Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo, Part III. Trans. by W. Jherek Swanger. Self-published.
• Viggiani, Angelo (2019). Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo (Book III, English Translation). Trans. by Tom Leoni. Self-published.

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For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.

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