| Gregor Erhart Fechtbuch |
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MS E.1939.65.354, Kelvingrove Museum
Glasgow, United Kingdom |
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| Also known as |
Codex I.6.4º.4 |
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| Type |
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| Date |
1533 |
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| Place of origin |
Augsburg, Germany |
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| Language(s) |
Early New High German |
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| Author(s) |
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| Scribe(s) |
Gregor Erhart (?) |
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| Illustrator(s) |
Gregor Erhart |
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| Material |
Paper, with a leather cover |
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| Size |
227 folia (217 mm × 155 mm) |
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| Format |
Double-sided; illustrations on the verso
side, sometimes with text above |
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| External data |
Museum catalog entry |
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The MS E.1939.65.354 is a German fencing manual created by Gregor Erhart in 1533.[1] The original currently rests in the R. L. Scott Collection of the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The manuscript consists of two parts. The first half is a series of sketches, including a copy of the long sword devices of Jörg Wilhalm Hutter; the second is a compilation of common treatises from the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer. It appears that the sketches were originally drawn on larger sheets of paper which were then bisected to form the current page size.
This manuscript was later acquired by Freifechter Lienhart Sollinger, who subsequently sold it to Paulus Hector Mair; both men seems to have used it as a source for their respective anthologies of fencing treatises.
Provenance
The known provenance of the MS E.1939.65.354 is:[2]
- Compiled and illustrated in 1533 by Gregor Erhart.
- before 1560 – owned by Lienhart Sollinger (sold Augsburg, 1560).
- 1560-1579 – owned by Paulus Hector Mair (sold Augsburg, auction, 1579).
- before 1935 – acquired by the Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany, classified Codex I.6.4º.4 (sold Munich, Karl & Faber, 1935).
- 1935-1939 – owned by Robert Lyons Scott (1871-1939).
- 1939 – part of the R. L. Scott Collection, donated to the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, Scotland.
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