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Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica
Cod.10825/10826, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Vienna, Austria
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Also known as Cod.Vindob.10825/10826
Type
Date ca. 1548 (?)
Place of origin Augsburg, Germany
Language(s)
Author(s)
Compiler Paulus Hector Mair
Scribe(s) Unknown
Illustrator(s) Jörg Breu the Younger
Material Paper, in a leather binding
Size 2 volumes; 270 folia and 343 folia
Format Varies
Script
Exemplar(s) MSS Dresd.C.93/C.94 (1542)
External data Museum catalog (10825/10826)
Treatise scans Microfilm scans

The Codices 10825 and 10826 are a two-volume 16th century German manuscript commissioned by Paulus Hector Mair and commonly dated to 1542.[citation needed] They currently rest in the holdings of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria. Illustrated by the renowned painter Jörg Breu the Younger and produced at great personal expense, this manuscript is one of the three versions of Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica, Mair's enormous compendium of martial arts teachings.

Provenance

Contents

Volume 1

Folio Section
1r - 15v Introduction by Paulus Hector Mair
1r - 68v Longsword by Paulus Hector Mair (inc. pseudo-Gladiatoria and the Nuremberg Group)
70r - 89v Gloss of Liechtenauer's Bloßfechten by Pseudo-Peter von Danzig [German]
92r - 96v Gloss of Liechtenauer's Bloßfechten by Pseudo-Peter von Danzig [Latin]
97r - 118v Dussack by Paulus Hector Mair
119r - 147r Messer by Johannes Lecküchner [German]
149r - 153v Messer by Johannes Lecküchner [Latin]
154r - 165v Short Staff by Paulus Hector Mair
166r - 171v Long Staff by Paulus Hector Mair
172r - 181v Halberd by Paulus Hector Mair
182r - 189v Sickle by Paulus Hector Mair
190r - 221v Dagger by Paulus Hector Mair (inc. Gregor Erhart, the Nuremberg group, and pseudo-Gladiatoria)
224r - 226r Dagger by Andre Liegniczer [German]
226r - 249r Anonymous dagger treatise [German]
251r Dagger by Andre Liegniczer [Latin]
251r - 255v Anonymous dagger treatise [Latin]

Volume 2

[Not available for study]

Gallery

[Microfilm images available for import]

Additional Resources

  • Hunt, Brian. "Paulus Hector Mair: Peasant Staff and Flail." Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts. Ed. Jeffrey Hull. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-668-3
  • Knight, David James, and Hunt, Brian. The Polearms of Paulus Hector Mair. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-644-7

References