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The text of the [[Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)|Krakow]] version of Hundsfeld frequently refers to intended illustrations that were never added to the manuscript. The appropriate blank pages are included in the illustration column as placeholders. It's possible (though not likely, given what we know about its origins) that this manuscript was replicating another one with a complete set of illustrations; if this ever surfaces, the illustrations will be replaced.
 
The text of the [[Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)|Krakow]] version of Hundsfeld frequently refers to intended illustrations that were never added to the manuscript. The appropriate blank pages are included in the illustration column as placeholders. It's possible (though not likely, given what we know about its origins) that this manuscript was replicating another one with a complete set of illustrations; if this ever surfaces, the illustrations will be replaced.
  
Beginning with the Augsburg version (and later also in the works of Mair), the mounted fencing gloss attributed to Lew concludes with the poem that begins Huntsfeld's mounted teachings. It's likely that the manuscript was planned to include the entire mounted fencing treatise, but it was either never completed or, since the poem falls at the end of a quire, that the final quire containing it was lost from the manuscript. The [[Oplodidaskalia sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna]] and [[Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss (MS Var.82)|Rostock]] versions further complicate the matter by including the poem separately from the Lew gloss but not including the Huntsfeld section either. The fact that the poem was eventually transmitted separately from either work suggests that it might not be the work of Huntsfeld at all. These versions are all listed here for lack of a better claim to authorship.
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Beginning with the Augsburg version (and later also in the works of Mair), the mounted fencing gloss attributed to Lew concludes with the poem that begins Huntsfeld's mounted teachings. It's likely that the manuscript was planned to include the entire mounted fencing treatise, but it was either never completed or, since the poem falls at the end of a quire, that the final quire containing it was later lost from the manuscript. The [[Oplodidaskalia sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna]] and [[Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss (MS Var.82)|Rostock]] versions further complicate the matter by including the poem separately from the Lew gloss but not including the Huntsfeld section either. The fact that the poem was eventually transmitted separately from either work suggests that it might not be the work of Huntsfeld at all. These versions are all listed here for lack of a better claim to authorship.
  
 
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<p>Mark when he falls then fall on him always to the right side, and fall with the right knee between his legs, and fall with the left hand in front of his throat, and be not too rash so that you don't fall too far over him, and grab to his dagger, and don't show your own that you keep in reserve, if he would then drop to the dagger then stab him in the hand.</p>
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<p>Mark when he falls then fall on him always to the right side, and fall with the right knee between his legs, and fall with the left hand in front of his throat, and be not too rash so that you don't fall too far over him, and grab to his dagger, and don't show your own that you keep in reserve, if he would then drop to the dagger then stab him in the hand.</p>
 
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<p>Take his right arm between your legs, and lay yourself across him and stretch yourself hard and hold your legs strongly together, and grasp with the left hand to his left arm, and hold it thus, and work the dagger with the right hand so that you go to both sides.</p>
 
<p>Take his right arm between your legs, and lay yourself across him and stretch yourself hard and hold your legs strongly together, and grasp with the left hand to his left arm, and hold it thus, and work the dagger with the right hand so that you go to both sides.</p>
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<p>When you fall beside him then take his head under your left armpit, and wrap around his throat, and lay yourself with your body above over his face, and work with the right hand.</p>
 
<p>When you fall beside him then take his head under your left armpit, and wrap around his throat, and lay yourself with your body above over his face, and work with the right hand.</p>
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<p>If he falls on his back then follow him with your right knee between his legs, and trap his right arm with your left kneecap, and grasp his left hand with your right, and pull it under his throat, and hold it fast with the left hand, and work with the dagger with the right.</p>
 
<p>If he falls on his back then follow him with your right knee between his legs, and trap his right arm with your left kneecap, and grasp his left hand with your right, and pull it under his throat, and hold it fast with the left hand, and work with the dagger with the right.</p>
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<p>If you throw him on his back then follow with your left knee on his right arm, and with your left before his throat, and push him hard with it, and grasp his left hand with the right, and grasp with the left helping the right, and hold his left hand with your left, and with the right hand work with the dagger.</p>
 
<p>If you throw him on his back then follow with your left knee on his right arm, and with your left before his throat, and push him hard with it, and grasp his left hand with the right, and grasp with the left helping the right, and hold his left hand with your left, and with the right hand work with the dagger.</p>
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<p>If he falls on his back then grip both his legs under the knees with both hands, and lift him up and drop with the knee between his legs into the crotch, and hold both legs with one hand, and work with the dagger with the other.</p>
 
<p>If he falls on his back then grip both his legs under the knees with both hands, and lift him up and drop with the knee between his legs into the crotch, and hold both legs with one hand, and work with the dagger with the other.</p>
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<p>Note: by the throat with the left over the hollow.</p>
 
<p>Note: by the throat with the left over the hollow.</p>
 
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<p>Then follow with your right knee behind in the crook and with the left hand grasp over his face forward to the visor, and pull upward, and push down with the knee. If his visor is open then reach with your fingers to his eyes, or grasp with both hands on the face, and twist his neck so he falls on his stomach again.</p>
 
<p>Then follow with your right knee behind in the crook and with the left hand grasp over his face forward to the visor, and pull upward, and push down with the knee. If his visor is open then reach with your fingers to his eyes, or grasp with both hands on the face, and twist his neck so he falls on his stomach again.</p>
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<p>Note: if he falls on his stomach then follow with one knee on his arm in the joint, and break upward.</p>
 
<p>Note: if he falls on his stomach then follow with one knee on his arm in the joint, and break upward.</p>
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<p>Note: if he grabs your visor with his fingers when it is opened up from below, when you lie on your belly then strike with your left hand to his left.</p>
 
<p>Note: if he grabs your visor with his fingers when it is opened up from below, when you lie on your belly then strike with your left hand to his left.</p>
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<p>Note: grasp his left hand with your left, and pulling to you fall on your back and with the right hand grab his leg and lift upward so you come up.</p>
 
<p>Note: grasp his left hand with your left, and pulling to you fall on your back and with the right hand grab his leg and lift upward so you come up.</p>
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<p>Note: if one throws you on your back, then mark just as you fall to put your left hand on your chest, and when he falls on you then grasp his left elbow with your left hand, and with your right hand grasp under his left knee and lift upward, and slip your body quickly out during the fall so you come over him.</p>
 
<p>Note: if one throws you on your back, then mark just as you fall to put your left hand on your chest, and when he falls on you then grasp his left elbow with your left hand, and with your right hand grasp under his left knee and lift upward, and slip your body quickly out during the fall so you come over him.</p>
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<p>Grasp his right arm behind the hand with your right hand, and take his weight with your left hand on his right elbow, and with your right hand thrust his right arm well over your left arm and step behind him, and so hold him fast, if he is not thrown then grab his right leg below the knee.</p>
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<p>If you have thrown one below you then cut or wrench a great play from his weapon belt, stab him then in his visor with the dagger, and let him not take it out, this is good when it's muddy, or fill his visor with dirt, or pull upward<ref>Note: "pull upward" is another guess.</ref> with the dagger out to the ground and throw him on the face.</p>
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<p>Mark if you want to show him no opening then cut him from the weapon belt to the arm, or the pants, and whatever you stab from probing you cut off and if you find a belt then cut it off too and wherever you find something that will do you good, and stab well even on his dagger.</p>
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Revision as of 20:36, 5 January 2022

Martin Huntsfeld
Born date of birth unknown
Died before 1452
Occupation Fencing master
Nationality German
Movement Fellowship of Liechtenauer
Genres
Language Early New High German
Manuscript(s)
First printed
english edition
Tobler, 2010
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations

Martin Huntsfeld (Martein Hündsfelder) was an early 15th century German fencing master. Based on his surname, he was likely born in Psie Pole, a district of present-day Wrocław, Poland; alternatively, it is possible that he was from the village of Hundsfeld, about 20 km east of Würzburg. While Huntsfeld's precise lifetime is uncertain, he seems to have died some time before the creation of the Starhemberg Fechtbuch in 1452.[1] The only other thing that can be determined about his life is that his renown as a master was sufficient for Paulus Kal to include him in the list of members of the Fellowship of Liechtenauer in 1470.[2] Attributed to Huntsfeld are teachings on armored fencing (both with the short sword and unarmed), dagger, and mounted fencing.

Treatises

Note that the Augsburg, Salzburg, Graz, and Rostock versions of Huntsfeld's treatise on short sword fencing are erroneously credited to Lew, while that of Andre Lignitzer is credited to Huntsfeld.[3]

The text of the Krakow version of Hundsfeld frequently refers to intended illustrations that were never added to the manuscript. The appropriate blank pages are included in the illustration column as placeholders. It's possible (though not likely, given what we know about its origins) that this manuscript was replicating another one with a complete set of illustrations; if this ever surfaces, the illustrations will be replaced.

Beginning with the Augsburg version (and later also in the works of Mair), the mounted fencing gloss attributed to Lew concludes with the poem that begins Huntsfeld's mounted teachings. It's likely that the manuscript was planned to include the entire mounted fencing treatise, but it was either never completed or, since the poem falls at the end of a quire, that the final quire containing it was later lost from the manuscript. The Vienna and Rostock versions further complicate the matter by including the poem separately from the Lew gloss but not including the Huntsfeld section either. The fact that the poem was eventually transmitted separately from either work suggests that it might not be the work of Huntsfeld at all. These versions are all listed here for lack of a better claim to authorship.

Additional Resources

References

  1. His name is accompanied by the traditional blessing on the dead on folio 87r.
  2. The Fellowship of Liechtenauer is recorded in three versions of Paulus Kal's treatise: MS 1825 (1460s), Cgm 1570 (ca. 1470), and MS KK5126 (1480s).
  3. Jaquet and Walczak 2014.
  4. Das Initial ist ausgespart und nur durch einen kleinen provisorischen Buchstaben kenntlich gemacht.
  5. completed based on Danzig
  6. Written "die In", with marks indicating the correct order
  7. Korrigiert aus »an«.
  8. Placed between "die hant", with marks indicating the correct placement
  9. Note: "wrenching" is a pure guess.
  10. Paragraph placed after 53.
  11. Die beiden Worte »ÿm« und »mit« sind vertauscht, was durch entsprechende Einfügezeichen kenntlich gemacht ist.
  12. Should be "fůessen"
  13. Unleserliches Wort von anderer Hand neben der der Zeile. Illegible word from another hand next to the line.
  14. »mag« von anderer Hand neben der der Zeile. “mag” from another hand next to the line.
  15. Note: "pull upward" is another guess.
  16. choke
  17. das »b« war ursprünglich ein »g«
  18. Note: schlos/schloss can mean castle/fort as well as lock. In either case it is something that is strongly closed.
  19. Written "glaffenn der", with marks indicating the correct order
  20. Korrigiert aus »rechtenn.