Discorso sopra l'arte della scherma (MS 14.10)

Discorso sopra l'arte della scherma
MS 14/10, Wallace Collection London, United Kingdom
Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin — Hils —
Also known as	Discorso di Camillo Palladini Bolognese sopra l'arte della scherma come l'arte della scherma è necessaria à chi si diletta d'arme
Type	Fencing manual
Date	ca. 1600
Place of origin	Bologna, Italy (?)
Language(s)	Italian
Author(s)	Camillo Palladini
Size	118 folia (330 mm × 220 mm)
External data	Library catalog entry

The correct signature of this manuscript is 14/10, but has been rendered 14.10 in a few places due to technical restrictions.

Discorso di Camillo Palladini Bolognese sopra l'arte della scherma come l'arte della scherma è necessaria à chi si diletta d'arme ("Discourse by Camillo Palladini of Bologna on the art of fencing, as the art of fencing is necessary to whoever is delighted by arms"; MS 14/10) is an Italian fencing manual created by Camillo Palladini in ca. 1600.^{[citation needed]} The original currently rests in the Howard de Walden Library of the Wallace Collection in London, United Kingdom. Palladini’s method of fencing demonstrates commonalities with a number of contemporary and near-contemporary treatises, presaging the methods of later Italian rapier masters, while conserving some elements of the earlier Bolognese school (for example cuts or beats with the false edge of the sword, and mentions of the older Bolognese guard names).

The treatise covers the sword alone, sword and dagger, sword and cloak, double swords, spadone, pike and halberd.

Additional Resources

• Terminiello, Piermarco and Pendragon, Joshua. The Art of Fencing - The Forgotten Discourse of Camillo Palladini. Royal Armouries Museum, 2019. ISBN 9780948092961

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