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De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine (Paride del Pozzo)
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Questions of Honor and Arms | |
Full title | De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine |
Author(s) | Paride del Pozzo |
Place of origin | Napoli, Italy |
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Publisher | Sixtus Riessinger |
Publication date | 1476, 1501, 1509, 1515, 1518, 1521, 1523, 1525, 1530, 1536, 1540, 1543, 1544, 1560, 1580 |
Pages | 376 pages |
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De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine ("On the Duel, or On Military Matters in Single Combat") is an Italian treatise on dueling laws and customs written in Renaissance Latin by Italian jurist Paride del Pozzo and published in 1476. It is particularly important due to its detailed descriptions of dueling laws and customs, which help establish the context of 15th century fighting systems, and also of incidents from specific historical duels, which shed light on how fighting looked in practice.
Pozzo's treatise seems to have been quite popular, published in at least fifteen editions over the subsequent century and translated into three other languages; sections were also lifted by Achille Marozzo and formed one the of core components of his own enormously popular treatise on Bolognese fencing.
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Publication History
De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine was printed in Naples by Sixtus Riessinger in the mid-late 1470s; the original print run included both Italian and Latin editions, and it is unclear which language was written first.
The Latin edition was reprinted in 1509 and 1515 in Milan, and in 1543 by Benedictum Bonnyn in Lyon, France. There are also two 15th century Latin manuscripts preserved in Bergamo,[1] though it's unclear whether they represent copies of the book or Pozzo's own drafts.
The Italian edition was reprinted in Venice many times in the 16th century, including in 1518, 1521, 1523, 1525, 1530, 1536, 1540, and 1544. Furthermore, in 1536 it was abridged by Achille Marozzo and integrated into his own work on dueling, published as book 5 of his treatise Opera nova, which also saw several editions over the subsequent century (including in 1546, 1550, 1568, and 1615).
In ca. 1501, Diego Enriquez de Castillo translated the Italian version to Spanish. This translation is preserved in two manuscripts held by the Biblioteca Nacional de España, MSS 936 and 944. Enriquez' translation doesn't seem to have ever been published, but the Italian was translated to Spanish again in 1544 and this time published in Seville by Dominico de Robertis, under the title Libro llamado batalla de dos ("Book Called the Battle of Two").
Finally, in ca. 1580, the Italian version was translated to English by Thomas Bedingfield and titled Questions of Honor and Arms. This translation is preserved in a manuscript held by the Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.b.104,[2] but doesn't seem to have ever been published.
Contents
Ir - VIv | Table of contents |
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1r - 27r | Book 1 by Paride del Pozzo |
27r - 40v | Book 2, "On the place of combat or battle" by Paride del Pozzo |
40v - 48r | Book 3, "On the duel" by Paride del Pozzo |
48r - 49v | Book 4, "On armaments" by Paride del Pozzo |
49v - 54v | Book 5, "On the need of a champion" by Paride del Pozzo |
54v - 78r | Book 6,"On the causes for dueling" by Paride del Pozzo |
78v - 112v | Book 7, "On noble fights and on [rebrociis]" by Paride del Pozzo |
113r - 148r | Book 8, "On cases of duels and pacts to fight" by Paride del Pozzo |
148r - 168v | Book 9, "On capture and redemption in duels" by Paride del Pozzo |
168v - 178r | Book 10, "On impression and unsaying" by Paride del Pozzo |
178r - 180v | Book 11, "On the decision and appeal in making battle" by Paride del Pozzo |
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References
- ↑ See entry 1 and entry 2 in the Manus Online catalog of the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche.
- ↑ See the record in the Hamnet Folger Library Catalog of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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Latin (1476) | Index:De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine (Paride del Pozzo) | ||
Italian (1521) | Index:Duello, libro de re (Paride de Pozzo) | ||
Spanish (1544) | Index:Libro llamado batalla de dos (Paride del Pozzo) | ||
English (1580) | Index:Questions of Honor and Arms (MS V.b.104) |