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| [160] '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Here mark how you shall drive the four Windings from the right side and from the left side from the two upper hangings, that is, from the Ox: </span>'''
 
| [160] '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Here mark how you shall drive the four Windings from the right side and from the left side from the two upper hangings, that is, from the Ox: </span>'''
These are the first two Windings from the Ox alone on the right side, drive them thus: When you come to him with the pre-fencing, then stand with the left foot before and hold your sword on your right side before your head in the Ox. If he then hews from above on his right side, then Wind on your left side against his hew with the short edge on his sword, yet still in the Ox, and stab above into the face. This is one Winding.
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These are the first two Windings from the Ox on the right side alone, drive them thus: When you come to him with the pre-fencing, then stand with the left foot before and hold your sword on your right side before your head in the Ox. If he then hews from above on his right side, then Wind on your left side against his hew with the short edge on his sword, yet still in the Ox, and stab above into the face. This is one Winding.
 
| '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Hie merck eben wie du aus den oberñ zwaien hengen das ist aus dem ochsen von der rechten seitten vnd von der linken seitten solt treiben vier winden</span>'''
 
| '''<span style="color:#cc0000;">Hie merck eben wie du aus den oberñ zwaien hengen das ist aus dem ochsen von der rechten seitten vnd von der linken seitten solt treiben vier winden</span>'''
 
Dÿe ersten tzwaÿ winden aus dem ochsen allai~ von der rechten seitten die treib also Weñ dw mit dem zw° vechten zu° Im kumpst So stee mit dem lincken fuess vor vnd halt dein swert zw deiner rechten seittñ fur dem haubt In dem ochsen Hawt er dir denn oben ein von seiner rechten seitten So wind auff dein lincke seittñ gegen seine~<del>m</del> haw die kurtz schneÿd an sein swert aber in den ochsen vnd stich Im oben ein zw dem gesicht das ist ein winden  
 
Dÿe ersten tzwaÿ winden aus dem ochsen allai~ von der rechten seitten die treib also Weñ dw mit dem zw° vechten zu° Im kumpst So stee mit dem lincken fuess vor vnd halt dein swert zw deiner rechten seittñ fur dem haubt In dem ochsen Hawt er dir denn oben ein von seiner rechten seitten So wind auff dein lincke seittñ gegen seine~<del>m</del> haw die kurtz schneÿd an sein swert aber in den ochsen vnd stich Im oben ein zw dem gesicht das ist ein winden  

Revision as of 00:40, 15 October 2015

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. cut, strike, slash, punch, beat
  3. well, very, quite, certainly, easily have, almost, in general
  4. on, to, upon, at, in
  5. reversed, inverted, perverse, incorrect
  6. Indes - Both within and during
  7. cut, struck, slashed, punched, beat
  8. reversed, inverted, perverse, incorrect
  9. reversed, inverted, perverse, incorrect
  10. 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.