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| [116] '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Here you shall mark…</span>'''
 
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That the Feeling and the word Meanwhile are one thing, and one without the other may not be, and that undertake thus: when you bind on his sword, then you must Feel with the hand with the word Meanwhile if he is but Soft or Hard on the sword, and when you have felt, then you must but Meanwhile work after the soft and after the hard on the sword. Thus are they both naught than one thing. And the word Meanwhile is previously in all techniques, and that undertake thus: Meanwhile Doubles, Meanwhile Mutates, Meanwhile Changes through, Meanwhile Runs through, Meanwhile takes the slice, Meanwhile wrestles with, Meanwhile takes the sword, Meanwhile does what your heart desires, Meanwhile; that is a sharp word wherewith all Masters of the Sword who know not to name this word become sliced. That is the key of the Art.
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That the Feeling and the word Meanwhile are one thing, and one without the other may not be, and that undertake thus: when you bind on his sword, then you must Feel with the hand with the word Meanwhile if he is but Soft or Hard on the sword, and when you have felt, then you must but Meanwhile work after the Soft and after the Hard on the sword. Thus are they both naught than one thing. And the word Meanwhile is previously in all techniques, and that undertake thus: Meanwhile Doubles, Meanwhile Mutates, Meanwhile Changes through, Meanwhile Runs through, Meanwhile takes the slice, Meanwhile wrestles with, Meanwhile takes the sword, Meanwhile does what your heart desires, Meanwhile; that is a sharp word wherewith all Masters of the Sword who know not to name this word become sliced. That is the key of the Art.
 
| '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Hie soltu mercken</span>'''
 
| '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Hie soltu mercken</span>'''
 
Das das fülñ vnd das wort Inndes ein dinck ist vnd ains an das ander nicht gesein mag vnd das vernÿm also weñ du Im an sein swert pindest So müstu ze hant mit dem wort Inndes fülñ Aber am swert waich oder har hert ist vnd wenn dw hast gefült So müstu aber Inndes arbaitten nach der waich vnd nach der hert am swert Also sein sÿ paidew nicht wenn ein dinck vnd das wort Inndes das ist zw° vor aus In allen stucken vnd das vernÿm also Inndes dupliert Inndes mutirt ~<span style="color:#cc0000;">~</span> '''[29v]''' Inndes wechselt durch Inndes laufft durch Inndes nÿmpt den schnit Indes ringet mit Inndes nÿmpt das swert Inndes thuet was dein hertz begert Inndes das ist ein scharffes wort Do mit alle maister des swertz vorschnÿten werden die das wort nicht wissen noch vernömen Das ist der schlüssel der kunst <span style="color:#cc0000;">~</span>
 
Das das fülñ vnd das wort Inndes ein dinck ist vnd ains an das ander nicht gesein mag vnd das vernÿm also weñ du Im an sein swert pindest So müstu ze hant mit dem wort Inndes fülñ Aber am swert waich oder har hert ist vnd wenn dw hast gefült So müstu aber Inndes arbaitten nach der waich vnd nach der hert am swert Also sein sÿ paidew nicht wenn ein dinck vnd das wort Inndes das ist zw° vor aus In allen stucken vnd das vernÿm also Inndes dupliert Inndes mutirt ~<span style="color:#cc0000;">~</span> '''[29v]''' Inndes wechselt durch Inndes laufft durch Inndes nÿmpt den schnit Indes ringet mit Inndes nÿmpt das swert Inndes thuet was dein hertz begert Inndes das ist ein scharffes wort Do mit alle maister des swertz vorschnÿten werden die das wort nicht wissen noch vernömen Das ist der schlüssel der kunst <span style="color:#cc0000;">~</span>

Revision as of 21:10, 21 January 2016

Gloss and Interpretation of
the Recital on the Long Sword
die gloss und die auslegung der zettel
des langen schwert
Author(s) Unknown
Ascribed to Pseudo-Peter von Danzig
Illustrated by Unknown
Date before 1452
Genre
Language Early New High German
Archetype(s) Hypothetical
Principal
Manuscript(s)
Manuscript(s)
First Printed
English Edition
Tobler, 2010
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations

"Pseudo-Peter von Danzig" is the name given to an anonymous late 14th or early 15th century German fencing master.[1] Some time before the creation of the Codex 44.A.8 in 1452, he authored a gloss of Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital (Zettel) which would go on to become the most widespread in the tradition. While his identity remains unknown, it is possible that he was in fact Jud Lew or Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck, both of whose glosses show strong similarities to the work. On the other hand, the introduction to the Rome version of the text—the oldest currently extant—might be construed as attributing it to Liechtenauer himself.

Treatise

Early on in its history, this text seems to have split into two primary branches. The first branch, found in the Rome (1452), Krakow (1510-20), and Augsburg II (1564) versions, has slightly longer descriptions for many devices and is always accompanied by illustrations. The second branch, appearing first in the Augsburg I (1450s) and used in all extant versions except the three listed above, has shorter descriptions but a number of additional devices.

In order to achieve a greater degree of organization and readability, Liechtenauer's verse has been separated into its proper couplets in this presentation. The verse is laid out this way in the Augsburg I and Salzburg versions, but in most of the other manuscripts it is included inline.

Additional Resources

References

  1. This name stems from the false assumption of many 20th century writers identifying him with Peter von Danzig zum Ingolstadt.
  2. Squint here means "an askew glance", referring to both the sword's direction of travel and also the use of deception with the eyes with this hew.