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| name             = [[name::Il Fior di Battaglia]]
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| name               = [[name::Tratt‍ato della sch‍erma]]
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| location         = [[inventory::B1.370.A MS M.0383]], [[museum::Morgan Library & Museum]]<br/>New York City, New York
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| location           = B1.370.A [[inventory::MS M.0383]], [[museum::Morgan Library & Museum]]<br/>New York City, New York
 
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| caption         = Title page, fol. 1r
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| caption           = Title page, fol. 1r
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| keyimage          = file:MS M.383 1r.png
 
<!----------General---------->
 
<!----------General---------->
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| Index number    = [[WI::—]]
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| Hagedorn's catalog = [[HS::FLM]]
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| Wierschin's catalog=[[WC::—]]
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| Wierschin's catalog= —
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| Hils' catalog   = [[HK::—]]
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| Hils' catalog     = —
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| Beck catalog     = [[BC::—]]
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| Beck catalog       = —
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| Also known as   =  
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| Also known as     =  
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| Type             = {{plainlist | [[type::Fencing manual]] | [[type::Wrestling manual]] }}
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| Type               = {{plainlist
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| Date             = [[year::1404|before 1404 (?)]]
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| [[type::Fencing manual]]
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| Place of origin = Milan, Italy
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| [[type::Wrestling manual]]
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| Language(s)     = [[language::Middle Italian]]
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}}
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| Scribe(s)       = Unknown
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| Date               = [[year::1400s]]
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| Author(s)       = [[author::Fiore de'i Liberi]]
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| Place of origin   = Venezia, Italy
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| Compiled by     =  
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| Language(s)       = Venetian (Italian){{#set: language = Middle Italian }}
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| Illuminated by   = Unknown
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| Scribe(s)         = Unknown
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| Patron           =  
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| Author(s)         = [[author::Fiore de'i Liberi]]
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| Dedicated to     =  
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| Compiled by       =  
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| Illuminated by     = [[artist::Altichiero da Zevio]] (or follower)
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| Patron             =  
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| Dedicated to       =  
 
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| Material         = Vellum, in a modern binding
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| Material           = Vellum, in a modern binding
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| Size             = 20 [[folia]]
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| Size               = 20 [[folia]] (195 mm × 277 mm)
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| Format           = Double-sided; four illustrations per<br/>page, with text above each
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| Format             = Double-sided; four illustrations per side, <br/>with text above
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| Condition       =  
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| Condition         =  
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| Script           = [[script::Bastarda]]
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| Script             =  
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| Contents         =  
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| Contents           =  
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| Illumination(s) =  
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| Illumination(s)   =  
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| Additions       =  
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| Additions         =  
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| Exemplar(s)     =  
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| Exemplar(s)       =  
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| Previously kept =  
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| Previously kept   =  
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| Discovered       =  
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| Discovered         =  
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| Website         = [http://corsair.themorgan.org/msdescr/BBM0383.htm Library catalog entry]
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| Website           = [http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=77302 Library catalog entry]
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| Images           = [[Fior di Battaglia (MS M.383)/Images|Digital scans]]
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| Images             = {{plainlist
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| below            =
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| [http://www.themorgan.org/collection/renaissance-fighting-manual/thumbs Digital scans] (2100x3000)
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| [http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/thumbs/77302 Digital scans] (details)
 
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'''''Fior di Battaglia''''' ("The Flower of Battle", B1.370.A MS Morgan 0383) is an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing manual]] authored by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]], probably created some time before 1404. The original currently rests in the holdings of the [[Morgan Library & Museum]] in New York City, New York. The manuscript is written on vellum in a modern biding in a very neat [[bastarda]] script; the illustrations are inked sketches with gold leafing on the crowns and garters and silver enamel on the metalic elements of the weapons (this has corroded to a glossy black finish). The treatise itself is the briefest known version of Fiore's work, containing only 19 folios; it has a preface in Italian and one to four illustrated figures per page in the main body. The figures are accompanied by text that is generally identical to that of the [[Fior_di_Battaglia_(MS_Ludwig_XV_13)|MS Ludwig XV 13]] (excepting differences in spelling), but at times includes additional explanation. The MS M.383 was almost certainly longer when it was first written; its text makes reference to sections on poleaxe, dagger, and grappling which are not present in the book's current state. It also refers to a certain play of the sword in one hand which is likewise missing from that section. This manuscript is typically referred to as the '''Pierpont Morgan''' or simply the '''Morgan'''.<ref>The description in this section is derived from an examination of the manuscript by [[Michael Chidester]]; the presumed date is based on the fact that it seems to be older than the [[Flos Duellatorum (Pisani Dossi MS)|Pisani Dossi]] version, which is dated to 1410.</ref>
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'''''Tratt‍ato della sch‍erma'''''<ref>This title was assigned in the 18th or 19th century; the original manuscript is untitled.</ref> ("Treatise on Fencing", B1.370.A MS M.383) is an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing manual]] authored by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]], created at the turn of the 15th century. The original currently rests in the holdings of the [[Morgan Library & Museum]] in New York City, New York. MS M.383 is written on vellum in a neat [[semigothic]] script; the illustrations are inked sketches with gold leafing on the crowns and garters and silver leafing on the metallic elements of some weapons (this has oxidized to a very dark grey over the centuries). This manuscript is typically referred to as the '''Morgan''' (or sometimes the Pierpont Morgan or PML); it is the only copy of the works of Fiore that doesn't contain some version of the title "the Flower of Battle".
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The treatise itself is the briefest known version of Fiore's work, containing only 20 folia (all individual leaves). It has a preface in Italian and one to four illustrated figures per page in the main body; the figures are accompanied by descriptive paragraphs set in poor Italian verse which are nevertheless fairly clear and informative, and generally comparable to that of the [[Fior di Battaglia (MS Ludwig XV 13)|MS Ludwig ⅩⅤ 13]] (<small>FLG</small>), though at times they include additional explanation. The artwork is reminiscent of the work of [[Altichiero da Zevio]], but given the timeline it would more likely be the work of an artist influenced by him (or a manuscript produced fairly early in Fiore's career).
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The MS M.383 was almost certainly longer when it was first written; its text makes reference to sections on poleaxe, dagger, and grappling which are not present in the book's current state, as well as a certain play of the sword in one hand which is likewise missing from that section. Furthermore, the manuscript is composed of individual cut leaves rather than quires of bifolia, which means that there is no indicator of the original order of the surviving pages.<ref>The description in this section is derived from an examination of the manuscript by [[Michael Chidester]].</ref>
  
 
== Provenance ==
 
== Provenance ==
  
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The known provenance of the MS M.383 is:<ref>See [http://corsair.themorgan.org/msdescr/BBM0383a.pdf "Curatorial description".] [http://corsair.themorgan.org/msdescr/BBM0383.htm CORSAIR Collection Catalog]. [[Morgan Library & Museum]]. Retrieved 12 November 2012.</ref>
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The known provenance of the MS M.383 is:<ref>Based in part on [http://corsair.themorgan.org/msdescr/BBM0383a.pdf "Curatorial description".] [http://corsair.themorgan.org/msdescr/BBM0383.htm CORSAIR Collection Catalog]. [[Morgan Library & Museum]]. Retrieved 12 November 2012.</ref>
  
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* Probably written between some time before 1404.
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* Probably written between some time in the first decade of the 1400s.
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* before 1474 – owned by Niccolò Marcello di Santa Marina of Venice.
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* ca. 1699 – gifted to Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750), who created a [[Fior di Battaglia (MS XXIV)|copy of the preface]](<small>FLZ</small>).
 
* before 1780 – it occupied ff 241-259 of a larger collective binding titled, ''Arte di armeggiare a piedi ed acavallo'' (codex Soranzo MCCLXI) in the Biblioteca Soranzo in Venice (Library of Jacopo Soranzo, Venetian senator, 18th century). The other contents of this codex are unknown.
 
* before 1780 – it occupied ff 241-259 of a larger collective binding titled, ''Arte di armeggiare a piedi ed acavallo'' (codex Soranzo MCCLXI) in the Biblioteca Soranzo in Venice (Library of Jacopo Soranzo, Venetian senator, 18th century). The other contents of this codex are unknown.
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* 1780-1836 – the collection of the Venetian former Jesuit Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-c.1806) (sold London, [[Sotheby's]], June 15, 1836, no. 40).
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* 1780-1835 – the collection of the Venetian former Jesuit Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-c.1806) (sold London, [[Sotheby's]], June 15, 1836, no. 40).
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* 1836-1903 – owned by Rev. Walter Sneyd of Bagington Rectory, Coventry (sold London, Sotheby's, Dec. 19, 1903, no. 720).
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* 1835-1903 – owned by Rev. Walter Sneyd of Bagington Rectory, Coventry (sold London, Sotheby's, Dec. 19, 1903, no. 720).
 
* 1903-1909 – owned by Tammaro de Marinis (catalog 8, 1908, plate 9).
 
* 1903-1909 – owned by Tammaro de Marinis (catalog 8, 1908, plate 9).
 
* 1909-1913 – owned by John Pierpont Morgan.
 
* 1909-1913 – owned by John Pierpont Morgan.
 
* 1913-1924 – owned by John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (donated 1924).
 
* 1913-1924 – owned by John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (donated 1924).
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* 1924-present – held by the Morgan Library & Museum.
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* 1924-present – held by the Morgan Library & Museum. Current binding by J. Clarke.
  
 
== Contents ==
 
== Contents ==
  
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{| class="wikitable treatise"
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{| class="treatise"
 
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! id="page" | [[Fiore de'i Liberi|1r - 2r]]
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! Section
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| Preface by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
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by [[Michael Chidester]]
 
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| '''[Inside cover]'''
 
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Upper left: the number "228" in a frame (sticker)
 
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:V<br/>4<br/>B<br/> (in pencil)
 
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Center: "Ex libris Gualteri Sneyd" surrounding a coat of arms (sticker)
 
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:Sale Lond. 25 June 1836 No.40 (in pencil)
 
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:"John Pierpont Morgan " surrounding a coat of arms (sticker)
 
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:M.383 (in pencil)
 
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Botton right: "SURREZ LAHEY" (stamped in leather edge)
 
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| '''[Three blank parchment leaves]'''
 
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{{hidden end}}
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|1r - 2r]]
 
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| Preface by Fiore de'i Liberi
 
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|2v - 8r]]
 
! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|2v - 8r]]
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| [[Mounted fencing]] by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| [[Mounted fencing]] by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|8r - 8v]]
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|8rv]]
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| [[Spear]] vs. cavalry by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| [[Spear]] vs. cavalry by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|9r - 9v]]
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|9rv]]
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| Spear by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| Spear by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|10r - 11v]]
 
! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|10r - 11v]]
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| [[Armored fencing]] by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| [[Armored fencing|Sword in Armor]] by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|12r - 16v]]
 
! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|12r - 16v]]
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| [[Longsword]] in two hands by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| [[Sword]] in two hands by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|17r]], [[Fiore de'i Liberi#Treatise|18r - 18v]]
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|17r]], [[Fiore de'i Liberi|18rv]]
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| Sword vs. [[dagger]] by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| Sword vs. [[dagger]] by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|17v, 19r]]
 
! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|17v, 19r]]
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| Longsword in one hand by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| Sword in one hand by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|18r]]
 
! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|18r]]
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| Longsword vs. spear by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| Sword vs. spear by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|18r]]
 
! [[Fiore de'i Liberi|18r]]
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| Spear and dagger vs. spear by Fiore de'i Liberi
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| Spear and dagger vs. spear by [[Fiore de'i Liberi]]
  
 
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| Blank
  
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<h3 style="clear:both;"> Current manuscript </h3>
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MS M.383 consists of twenty individual cut leaves rather than quires of bifolia, and the current sequence of leaves is probably not original; for a speculative reconstruction of its original state, see [[Tratt‍ato della sch‍erma (MS M.383)/Reconstruction]]. While it seems likely that there are at least two missing leaves, there's no evidence upon which to speculate meaningfully about the original quire structure (the Getty manuscript, for example, has a wildly variable structure).
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by [[Michael Chidester]]
 
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| '''[Inside cover]'''
 
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Upper left: "De Marinis 1909" (in pencil)
 
  
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Center: [modern paste-in] Fiore de' Liberi was the greatest Italian swordsman of the XIVth century. After an active military career, he was summoned to the court of Niccolo III d'Este at Ferrara, to instruct the younger princes in military science. Upon his honorable retirement in 1409, he complied with the request of his prince to compile a book on the art of the duel, in order that his vast experience might be preserved to future generations. The result of his labors was the Flos Duellatorum.
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This manuscript was unbound in 2016 for photography and conservation, and it has not yet been rebound. {{-}}
  
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Of the two contemporary copies of the original, one is preserved in the library of Marchese d'Este, the other is the property of Sig. Alberto Pisano-Dossi.
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{{image|MS M.383 1r.png|Folio 1r}}
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{{image|MS M.383 12r.png|Folio 12r}}
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{{image|MS M.383 13r.png|Folio 13r}}
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{{image|MS M.383 13v.png|Folio 13v}}
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{{image|MS M.383 14r.png|Folio 14r}}
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{{image|MS M.383 14v.png|Folio 14v}}
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{{image|MS M.383 15r.png|Folio 15r}}
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{{image|MS M.383 20r.png|Folio 20r}}
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{{image|MS M.383 20v.png|Folio 20v}}
  
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== Gallery ==
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<h3 style="clear:both;"> Previous binding </h3>
  
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Images hosted by the [[Princeton Index of Christian Art]].
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As indicated above, the original binding of the manuscript was lost by the 18th century. It was most recently rebound in the early 20th century after being acquired by J. P. Morgan, as pictured here, but this cover was subsequently discarded in 2016.
  
 
{{image|MS M.383 Cover 1.png|Front Cover}}
 
{{image|MS M.383 Cover 1.png|Front Cover}}
 
{{image|MS M.383 Cover 2.png|Inside Cover}}
 
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* Malipiero, Massimo (in Italian). ''Il Fior di battaglia di Fiore dei Liberi da Cividale: Il Codice Ludwing XV 13 del J. Paul Getty Museum''. Udine: Ribis, 2006. ISBN 88-7445-035-4.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 27 October 2023

Trattato della scherma
B1.370.A MS M.0383, Morgan Library & Museum
New York City, New York
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Title page, fol. 1r
HagedornFLMLeng—
Wierschin—Hils—
Type
Date 1400s
Place of origin Venezia, Italy
Language(s) Venetian (Italian)
Author(s) Fiore de'i Liberi
Scribe(s) Unknown
Illustrator(s) Altichiero da Zevio (or follower)
Material Vellum, in a modern binding
Size 20 folia (195 mm × 277 mm)
Format Double-sided; four illustrations per side,
with text above
External data Library catalog entry
Treatise scans

Tratt‍ato della sch‍erma[1] ("Treatise on Fencing", B1.370.A MS M.383) is an Italian fencing manual authored by Fiore de'i Liberi, created at the turn of the 15th century. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City, New York. MS M.383 is written on vellum in a neat semigothic script; the illustrations are inked sketches with gold leafing on the crowns and garters and silver leafing on the metallic elements of some weapons (this has oxidized to a very dark grey over the centuries). This manuscript is typically referred to as the Morgan (or sometimes the Pierpont Morgan or PML); it is the only copy of the works of Fiore that doesn't contain some version of the title "the Flower of Battle".

The treatise itself is the briefest known version of Fiore's work, containing only 20 folia (all individual leaves). It has a preface in Italian and one to four illustrated figures per page in the main body; the figures are accompanied by descriptive paragraphs set in poor Italian verse which are nevertheless fairly clear and informative, and generally comparable to that of the MS Ludwig ⅩⅤ 13 (FLG), though at times they include additional explanation. The artwork is reminiscent of the work of Altichiero da Zevio, but given the timeline it would more likely be the work of an artist influenced by him (or a manuscript produced fairly early in Fiore's career).

The MS M.383 was almost certainly longer when it was first written; its text makes reference to sections on poleaxe, dagger, and grappling which are not present in the book's current state, as well as a certain play of the sword in one hand which is likewise missing from that section. Furthermore, the manuscript is composed of individual cut leaves rather than quires of bifolia, which means that there is no indicator of the original order of the surviving pages.[2]

Provenance

The known provenance of the MS M.383 is:[3]

  • Probably written between some time in the first decade of the 1400s.
  • before 1474 – owned by Niccolò Marcello di Santa Marina of Venice.
  • ca. 1699 – gifted to Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750), who created a copy of the preface(FLZ).
  • before 1780 – it occupied ff 241-259 of a larger collective binding titled, Arte di armeggiare a piedi ed acavallo (codex Soranzo MCCLXI) in the Biblioteca Soranzo in Venice (Library of Jacopo Soranzo, Venetian senator, 18th century). The other contents of this codex are unknown.
  • 1780-1835 – the collection of the Venetian former Jesuit Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-c.1806) (sold London, Sotheby's, June 15, 1836, no. 40).
  • 1835-1903 – owned by Rev. Walter Sneyd of Bagington Rectory, Coventry (sold London, Sotheby's, Dec. 19, 1903, no. 720).
  • 1903-1909 – owned by Tammaro de Marinis (catalog 8, 1908, plate 9).
  • 1909-1913 – owned by John Pierpont Morgan.
  • 1913-1924 – owned by John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (donated 1924).
  • 1924-present – held by the Morgan Library & Museum. Current binding by J. Clarke.

Contents

1r - 2r Preface by Fiore de'i Liberi
2v - 8r Mounted fencing by Fiore de'i Liberi
8rv Spear vs. cavalry by Fiore de'i Liberi
9rv Spear by Fiore de'i Liberi
10r - 11v Sword in Armor by Fiore de'i Liberi
12r - 16v Sword in two hands by Fiore de'i Liberi
17r, 18rv Sword vs. dagger by Fiore de'i Liberi
17v, 19r Sword in one hand by Fiore de'i Liberi
18r Sword vs. spear by Fiore de'i Liberi
18r Spear and dagger vs. spear by Fiore de'i Liberi
19v - 20v Blank

Gallery

Current manuscript

MS M.383 consists of twenty individual cut leaves rather than quires of bifolia, and the current sequence of leaves is probably not original; for a speculative reconstruction of its original state, see Tratt‍ato della sch‍erma (MS M.383)/Reconstruction. While it seems likely that there are at least two missing leaves, there's no evidence upon which to speculate meaningfully about the original quire structure (the Getty manuscript, for example, has a wildly variable structure).

This manuscript was unbound in 2016 for photography and conservation, and it has not yet been rebound.

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Previous binding

As indicated above, the original binding of the manuscript was lost by the 18th century. It was most recently rebound in the early 20th century after being acquired by J. P. Morgan, as pictured here, but this cover was subsequently discarded in 2016.

Front Cover
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Back Cover
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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.

References

  1. ↑ This title was assigned in the 18th or 19th century; the original manuscript is untitled.
  2. ↑ The description in this section is derived from an examination of the manuscript by Michael Chidester.
  3. ↑ Based in part on "Curatorial description". CORSAIR Collection Catalog. Morgan Library & Museum. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

Copyright and License Summary

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

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