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'''''De Dignoscendis Hominibus''''' ("On the Dignity of Man") is a [[nationality::Spanish]] [[fencing manual]] by [[Pedro Monte]] printed in Milan in 1492.<ref>According to [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/bibliotecavirtualandalucia/catalogo/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=10111&presentacion=pagina&posicion=458 the final page]</ref> Copies rest in the holdings of the [[Bibliothèque Nationale de France]] in Paris, France, and the [[Biblioteca Provincial de Córdoba]] in Córdoba, Spain. It is potentially the first treatise on martial arts ever published (depending on the exact publication date of ''[[Das Landshuter Ringerbuch (Hans Wurm)|Das Landshuter Ringerbuch]]''). [[Sydney Anglo]] states that "Monte's treatment [of wrestling] could scarcely have been more unusual for, although there were earlier manuals of wrestling, no one had attempted to analyse the general principles underlying unarmed combat—one of the tasks Monte set himself."<ref>[[Sydney Anglo|Anglo, Sydney]]. ''The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. p 194.</ref>
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'''''De Dignoscendis Hominibus''''' ("On the Dignity of Man") is a [[nationality::Spanish]] [[fencing manual]] by [[Pedro Monte]], written in Latin and printed in Milan in 1492.<ref>According to [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/bibliotecavirtualandalucia/catalogo/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=10111&presentacion=pagina&posicion=458 the final page]</ref> It is potentially the first treatise on martial arts ever published (depending on the exact publication date of ''[[Das Landshuter Ringerbuch (Hans Wurm)|Das Landshuter Ringerbuch]]''). [[Sydney Anglo]] states that "Monte's treatment [of wrestling] could scarcely have been more unusual for, although there were earlier manuals of wrestling, no one had attempted to analyse the general principles underlying unarmed combat—one of the tasks Monte set himself."<ref>[[Sydney Anglo|Anglo, Sydney]]. ''The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. p 194.</ref>
  
 
== Publication History ==
 
== Publication History ==

Revision as of 19:38, 27 November 2013

De Dignoscendis Hominibus
On the Dignity of Man
De Dignoscendis Hominibus Title.jpg
Full title Pietro Montis De Dignoscendis
Hominibus
Author(s) Pedro Monte
Translator(s) Gonsalvo Ayora
Place of origin Milan
Language Renaissance Latin
Genre(s) Wrestling manual
Publisher Antonio Zaroto Parmenion
Publication date 16 January 1492
Pages 226
Treatise scans

De Dignoscendis Hominibus ("On the Dignity of Man") is a Spanish fencing manual by Pedro Monte, written in Latin and printed in Milan in 1492.[1] It is potentially the first treatise on martial arts ever published (depending on the exact publication date of Das Landshuter Ringerbuch). Sydney Anglo states that "Monte's treatment [of wrestling] could scarcely have been more unusual for, although there were earlier manuals of wrestling, no one had attempted to analyse the general principles underlying unarmed combat—one of the tasks Monte set himself."[2]

Publication History

Monte's De Dignoscendis Hominibus was translated from the initial Spanish manuscript by Gonsalvo Ayora and published in Milan on 16 January 1492 by Antonio Zaroto Parmenion. It was later translated into Italian and included (without attribution) in the Codex Estense T.VII.25; this manuscript was transcribed by Carlo Bascetta and published in 1978.

Contents

[Contents unavailable pending transcription]

Gallery

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Additional Resources

  • Bascetta, Carlo. Sport E Giuochi: Trattati E Scritti Dal XV Al XVIII Secolo. Milan: Il Polifilo, 1978. ISBN 978-8870501223
  • Fontaine, Marie-Madeleine. Le condottiere Pietro del Monte, philosophe et écrivain de la Renaissance, 1457-1509. Geneva-Paris: Slatkine, 1991. ISBN 978-2051011839

References

  1. According to the final page
  2. Anglo, Sydney. The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. p 194.