Talhoffer Fechtbuch (2º Col.MS.Philos.61)

Talhoffer Fechtbuch
2º Col. MS. philos. 61, Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin — Hils 18
Type	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Date	late 1600s
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Hans Talhoffer
Scribe(s)	Unknown
Patron	Joachim Hinrich von Bülow (?)
Material	Paper
Size	98 folia
Format	Double-sided; one illustration per side, with text above
Script	Clerical
Exemplar(s)	MS 26.232 (?) (1500s)

The title of this article contains the character º. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Talhoffer Fechtbuch (2o Col.MS.Philos.61).

The 2º Col. MS philos. 61 is a 17th century^{[citation needed]} German manuscript apparently copied from the MS Chart.A.558 and Codex Icon 394a, two fencing manuals written by Hans Talhoffer. The original currently rests in the holdings of Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen in Göttingen, Germany.

Contents

3r	Swordsman kneeling under crucifix
4r - 15r	Ueber die Erhaltung des Sieges by Johannes Hartlieb
16r - 18v	Recital on the long sword by Johannes Liechtenauer
20r - 23r	Recital on mounted fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer
24r - 49r	Longshield by Hans Talhoffer
50r	Recital on short sword fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer
52r - 75r	Short sword by Hans Talhoffer
76r - 83r	Poleaxe by Hans Talhoffer
84r - 105v	Dagger by Hans Talhoffer
106r - 112r	Wrestling by Ott Jud
114r - 129v	Grappling by Hans Talhoffer
130r - 189v	[Unidentified prose, non-fencing material]
190r - 195r	Duel Between a Man and a Woman by Hans Talhoffer

Additional Resources

• Hergsell, Gustav, and Talhoffer, Hans. Livre d'escrime de Talhoffer de l'an 1467. Prague: Chez L'Auteur, 1894.
• Hergsell, Gustav, and Talhoffer, Hans. Talhoffers Fechtbuch aus dem jahre 1467: Gerichtliche und andere zweikämpfe darstellend. Prague: J.G. Calve, 1887.
• Rector, Mark, and Talhoffer, Hans. Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat. Barnsley, UK: Greenhill Books, 2000. ISBN 978-1853674181
• Talhoffer, Hans. Medieval Combat in Colour: Hans Talhoffer's Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat from 1467. Ed. Dierk Hagedorn. Barnsley, UK: Greenhill Books, 2018.

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