| Hans Endter Fechtbuch |
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| Location unknown |
(No scans available) |
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| Type |
Fencing manual |
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| Date |
before 1562 |
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| Language(s) |
Early New High German |
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| Author(s) |
Johannes Liechtenauer |
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| Compiler |
Hans Endter |
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| Scribe(s) |
Hans Endter (?) |
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| Illustrator(s) |
Unknown |
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| Size |
3 folia |
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| Format |
Double-sided; text with one
miniature per side |
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The Hans Endter Fechtuch is a German fencing manual created by Hans Endter some time before 1562.[citation needed] It was previously held by the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany; it was lost during World War II, and its current location is unknown. The manuscript was analyzed by Carl Michael Wiechmann-Kadow in the 19th century, from whom we know that it is a fragmentary copy of Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital on the longsword; Wiechmann-Kadow speculated that it was based on the Starhemberg Fechtbuch,[citation needed] but this may simply be because he was not aware any other copies of the Recital.
Provenance
Contents
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Complete Translation 
by Jay Acutt
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Transcription
by Carl Michael Wiechmann-Kadow
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Created by Hans Endter
This is the Art of the long Sword
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[1r] Hansen endters hots gmacht.[1]
Das ist dy kunst des lange Schwerdttes.[2]
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[1v] [No text][3]
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This is the Foreword. Hans Liechtenawers Fight Book
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[2r] Dis ist die vorred. Hans liechtenawers fechter buoch.[4]
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Zorenhawe. krimp, twirg Hat Schiler mit scheitlar. Alber vorsetzt. Nachryssen. Vberlauff. haw leczt. Dorchwechsel. Zuck
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[2v] Zorenhawe. krimp, twirg Hat Schiler mit scheitlar. Alber vorsetzt. Nachryssen. Vberlauff. ha w leezt. Dorchwechsel. zuck[5]
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Vberlauff. — May God bless Meister Liechtenawer
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[3r] Vberlauff. — guot gesneiet segt meister liechtenawer.[6]
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[3v][7]
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Gallery
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ Beneath is a small coat of arms with a duck swimming.
- ↑ There is then a small illustration of two knights in armour fighting with long swords.
- ↑ A coat of arms (without helm decoration) is shown comprising four red and yellow fields, a yellow cross with a crutch.
- ↑ The subsequent preface is almost the same as in the Starhemberg Fechtbuch, only with slightly different orthographics. At the bottom of the page is a short horizontal rule with knights fighting whilst riding on goats.
- ↑ The Zorenhawe, etc. Including two knights, one of whom wards off the blow of his opponent whilst on bended knee.
- ↑ Below are two knights whose swords form a cross.
- ↑ Contains no text, only a painting depicting two knights on horseback, who come to blows with swords held up at one another.
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