Reit und Turnierbuch (MS KK5247)

Reit und Turnierbuch
MS KK5247, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria
Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin — Hils —
Type	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Date	ca. 1600
Place of origin	Augsburg, Germany
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Hans Burgkmair der Jüngere Federico Grisone Jeremias Schemel von Augsburg Jörg Wilhalm
Compiler	Jeremias Schemel von Augsburg
Illustrator(s)	Unknown
Exemplar(s)	Cod. Ⅰ.6.2º.3 (1522)

Reit und Turnierbuch ("Riding and Tournament Book"; MS KK5247) is a German fencing manual created in the late 16th century by Jeremias Schemel von Augsburg. The original currently rests in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. This manuscript consists of various treatises on riding and dressage, including a German translation of the treatise of Federico Grisone, as well as an extensive tournament book and Jörg Wilhalm's teachings on mounted and dismounted dueling.

Contents

1r - 57r	Treatises on dressage by Federico Grisone
57v - 83r	Tournament figures based on the work of Hans Burgkmair der Jüngere
83v - 110v	Armored fencing by Jörg Wilhalm
111r - 133r, 148v - 192r	Mounted fencing by Jörg Wilhalm
134v - 147r, 193v - 222r	Mounted fencing by Antonius Rast
223r - 340r	Treatise on tournaments

Additional Resources

• Hagedorn, Dierk, with Helen and Henri Hagedorn. Renaissance Combat. Jörg Wilhalm's Fightbook, 1522-1523. Greenhill Books, 2021. ISBN 9781784386566

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