Anweisung zum Fechten (Fol 351 (c))

Anweisung zum Fechten
Fol 351 [c], Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Weimar, Germany
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Type	Fencing manual
Date	1731
Place of origin	Weimar, Germany
Language(s)	New High German
Author(s)	Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner
Dedicated to	Duke Ernst August
Material	Paper, in a modern binding
Size	52 folia (330 mm × 220 mm)
Format	Double-sided
Script	Cursive
External data	Library catalog entry
Treatise scans	Digital scans (1400x1000)

The correct title of this article is Anweisung zum Fechten (Fol 351 [c]). The absence of square brackets is because of technical restrictions.

Anweisung zum Fechten ("Instructions on Fencing"; Fol 351 [c]) is a German rapier fencing manual written by Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner and dated 9 February 1731. The original currently rests in the Weimar Classics and Art collection of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar, Germany.

Contents

2r - 6v	Dedication and preface by Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner
8r - 51v	Rapier by Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner

Gallery

[Digital scans available for import.]

Additional Resources

The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.

• Weischner, Siegmund Carl Friedrich (2023). Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner's Fencing Exercises at the Court of Saxony. Trans. by Reinier van Noort; Jan Schäfer; Tobias Zimmermann. Self-published.

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Work	Author(s)	Source	License
Images	Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek	Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
Transcription	Jan Schäfer	Index:Anweisung zum Fechten (Fol 351 (c))