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== Gallery ==
 
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* [[Alex Kiermayer|Kiermayer, Alex]]. ''Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570''. Arts Of Mars Books, 2012. ISBN 978-3981162738
 
* [[Alex Kiermayer|Kiermayer, Alex]]. ''Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570''. Arts Of Mars Books, 2012. ISBN 978-3981162738
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* [[Joachim Meÿer|Meÿer, Joachim]]. ''The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570''. Translated by [[Jeffrey L. Forgeng]]. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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* [[Joachim Meÿer|Meÿer, Joachim]]. ''The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570''. Translated by [[Jeffrey L. Forgeng]]. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. (2nd edition 2014.)
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 02:13, 6 February 2015

Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens
A Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing
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Full title A Thorough Description of the Free, Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings
Author(s)
Illustrated by
Dedicated to Count Palatine Johann Casimir
Place of origin Strasbourg, Germany
Language Early New High German
Genre(s)
Sources MS A.4°.2 (1560s)
Publisher Thiebolt Berger
Publication date 1570, 1590, 1600, 1610, 1660
Pages 433
Treatise scans
The title of this article contains the characters ü and ÿ. Where they are unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Gruendtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (Joachim Meyer).

Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens ("A Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing") is a German fencing manual written by Joachim Meÿer and printed in 1570. Building on his earlier 1560s manuscript, the MS A.4°.2, it is a complex, multiweapon treatise that represents a significant evolution of the art that Johannes Liechtenauer taught two centuries earlier.

Publication History

The first edition of Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens was printed in Strasbourg by Thiebolt Berger in 1570, some months before Meÿer's death; it may have been reprinted there in 1590.[citation needed] A second edition was printed in Augsburg in 1600, possibly arranged by his widow and her family. According to some sources, there were additional editions printed in 1610 and in 1660.[1][2] Unfortunately, only copies of the 1570 and 1600 editions are currently known to exist.

In 2006, Meÿer's treatise was translated into English by Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng and published in New York and London under the title The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. A second edition was released in 2014.

Contents

A1r - B4v Preface by Joachim Meÿer
1.1r - 1.64v Part 1 - Longsword by Joachim Meÿer
2.1r - 2.49v Part 2 - Dussack by Joachim Meÿer
2.50r - 2.107v Part 3 - Side sword by Joachim Meÿer
3.1r - 3.15v Part 4 - Dagger by Joachim Meÿer
3.16r - 3.47r Part 5 - Staff by Joachim Meÿer
3.47v Corrections

Gallery

Title pages

1570 Edition
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Johan Casimir's arms
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1600 Edition
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Illustrations

Cutting Diagram 1
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Cutting Diagram 2
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Longsword A
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Longsword B
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Longsword C
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Longsword D
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Longsword E
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Longsword F
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Longsword G
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Longsword H
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Longsword I
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Longsword K
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Longsword L
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Longsword M
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Longsword N
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Longsword O
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Dussack A
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Dussack B
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Dussack C
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Dussack D
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Dussack E
Dussack F
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Dussack G
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Dussack H
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Dussack I
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Dussack K
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Dussack L
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Dussack M
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Dussack N
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Dussack O
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Dussack P
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Meyer Portrait 1
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Meyer Portrait 2
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Meyer Portrait 3
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Meyer Portrait 4
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Rapier A
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Rapier B
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Rapier C
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Rapier D
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Rapier E
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Rapier F
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Rapier G
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Rapier G'
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Rapier H
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Rapier I
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Dagger A
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Dagger B
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Dagger C
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Dagger D
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Dagger E
Dagger F
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Staff A
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Staff B
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Staff C
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Staff D
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Staff E
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Staff F
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Staff G
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Staff H
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Staff I
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Staff K
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Staff L
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Staff M
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Additional Resources

  • Kiermayer, Alex. Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570. Arts Of Mars Books, 2012. ISBN 978-3981162738
  • Meÿer, Joachim. The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Translated by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. (2nd edition 2014.)

References

  1. ↑ Schaer, Alfred. Die altdeutschen fechter und spielleute: Ein beitrag zur deutschen culturgeschichte. K.J. Trübner, 1901. p 76.
  2. ↑ Pollock, W. H., Grove, F. C., and Prévost, C. Fencing. London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and co, 1897. pp 267-268.

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