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Cabinet d'escrime de l'espee et poingnardt (MS KB.73.J.39)
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| Cabinet d'escrime de l'espee et poingnardt | |||||
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| MS KB.73.J.39, Koninklijke Bibliotheek The Hague, Netherlands | |||||
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| Also known as | Showcase of Fencing with the Sword and Dagger, Composed in Former Times by Mr. Peloquin, Captain and One of the Four Leading Fencing Masters of France. | ||||
| Type | Fencing manual | ||||
| Date | before 1609 | ||||
| Language(s) | Middle French | ||||
| Author(s) | Captain Peloquin | ||||
| Scribe(s) | J. de La Haye | ||||
| Material | Paper, in a leather binding | ||||
| Size | 28 folia | ||||
| Format | Double-sided; one illustration per side, with text alongside | ||||
Cabinet d'escrime de l'espee et poingnardt ("Showcase of Fencing with the Sword and Dagger", MS KB.73.J.39) is a 17th century copy of a French fencing manual created in ca. 1585 by Captain Peloquin.[citation needed] It currently rests in the holdings of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, Netherlands. It contains both descriptive text and abstract fencing diagrams, and is one of the first manuals documenting the French fencing tradition.
Provenance
Contents
| Folio | Contents |
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| 1r - 28v | Rapier and dagger by Captain Peloquin |
