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Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst (Christian Egenolff)
Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst | |
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The Ancient Fencer's Thorough Art | |
Title page of the first edition | |
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Author(s) |
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Illustrated by | Hans Weiditz |
Place of origin | Frankfurt-am-Main |
Language | Early New High German |
Genre(s) | |
Sources | Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (1516) |
Publisher | Christian Egenolff |
Publication date | 1531 - 1537 |
Pages | 94 |
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Digital scans (1558)
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Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst ("The Ancient Fencer's Thorough Art") is a German fencing manual printed in the 16th century by Christian Egenolff. The text is largely a redaction of Andre Paurenfeyndt's earlier treatise Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey, but with significant unique material. Egenolff reset the text and hired noted Strassbourg artist Hans Weiditz to illustrate it.
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Publication History
The first three printings of the book are undated, but the first edition, titled Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst, must have been printed between 1531, when Egenolff set up his shop in Frankfurt-am-Main, and Weiditz' death in 1537; a copy of the first edition that recently came up for auction was dated to ca. 1535,[1] but this date seems speculative. The second edition, titled Der Altenn Fechter an fengliche Kunst, and the third edition, titled Fechtbuch. Die Ritterliche, Mannliche Kunst, were released some time before Egenolff's own death in 1555. In 1558, Egenolff's heirs published a fourth edition (titled the same as the third) posthumously.[2]
In the 1600s, a fairly faithful manuscript including portions of both this text and Albrecht Dürer's OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri was created by an unknown scribe (it has since been lost).
Contents
1r | Title page | ||||||||||||||||
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2r - 3r |
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3r - 4r |
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4r | Twelve Rules for Beginning Fencers by Andre Paurenfeyndt | ||||||||||||||||
4v - 16v | Sword by Andre Paurenfeyndt | ||||||||||||||||
16v - 20v, 25v - 33v |
Messer by Hans Lebkommer (Johannes Lecküchner) | ||||||||||||||||
20v - 25v | Messer by Andre Paurenfeyndt | ||||||||||||||||
33v - 34r | Sword and buckler by Andre Lignitzer | ||||||||||||||||
34r - 35r | Dagger by Andre Lignitzer | ||||||||||||||||
35r - 37v | Anonymous dagger devices | ||||||||||||||||
38r - 46r | Anonymous grappling devices | ||||||||||||||||
46v - 48r | Staff by Andre Paurenfeyndt |
Gallery
Title pages
Illustrations
Additional Resources
- Bauer, Matthias Johannes. “Der Alten Fechter gründtliche Kunst” – Das Frankfurter oder Egenolffsche Fechtbuch. Untersuchung und Edition. Coll. Geschichtswissenschaften 37. München: Utz Verlag, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-8316-4559-6
- Jaquet, Daniel; Walczak, Bartłomiej. "Liegnitzer, Hundsfeld or Lew? The question of authorship of popular Medieval fighting teachings". Acta Periodica Duellatorum 2(1): 105-148. 2014. doi:10.1515/apd-2015-0015.
References
- ↑ [Lecküchner]. Der Allten Fechter Gründtliche. Live Auctioneers. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ↑ According to page 47v of the fourth edition.
Copyright and License Summary
For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.
Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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Images | Hans Weiditz | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | |
Transcription | Michael Chidester | Index:Der Altenn Fechter anfengliche kunst (Christian Egenolff) |