Ringer Kunst (Fabian von Auerswald)

Ringer Kunst: funf und achtzig stücke
The Art of Wrestling: Eighty-Five Devices
Title page
Author(s)	Fabian von Auerswald
Illustrated by	Lucas Cranach
Dedicated to	John Frederick, Elector of Saxony
Place of origin	Wittemberg, Germany
Language	Early New High German
Genre(s)	Wrestling manual
Publisher	Hans Lufft
Publication date	1539, 1669
Pages	92
Treatise scans	Black and white photocopy (1539) Black and white photocopy (1539)

Ringer kunst: funf und Achtzig Stücke ("The Art of Wrestling: Eighty-Five Devices") is a 16th century German wrestling manual written in 1537 by Fabian von Auerswald. It was illustrated in the workshop of noted artist Lucas Cranach and printed in Wittemberg by Hans Lufft in 1539. One of the earliest printed treatises on wrestling, the book includes lucid descriptions and detailed illustrations of all of its 85 devices.

Publication History

Ringer kunst was first printed 1539 in Wittenberg, Germany by Hans Lufft. In 1669, a second edition was printed by G. A. Schmidt and K. Waffmansdorff in Leipzig.

Some time after the first printing in 1539, a manuscript copy with extensive annotations was produced by an unknown scribe (the 2º Cod.MS.Philos.62).

Contents

Folio	Section
Ir - IIIr	Introduction by Fabian von Auerswald
1 - 82	Grappling by Fabian von Auerswald
84 - 91	"Grappling in the pit" by Fabian von Auerswald
92	"Printed in Wittemberg by Hans Lufft. A. D 1539."

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Additional Resources

• Ott Jud; Dürer, Albrecht; Auerswald, Fabian von; Petter, Nicolaes; Paschen, Johann. Chronik alter Kampfkünste: Zeichnungen und Texte aus Schriften alter Meister entstanden 1443-1674. Weinmann, 2003. ISBN 978-3878920311