Lo Schermo (Angelo Viggiani)

Lo Schermo
On Defense
Full title	Lo Schermo d'Angelo Viggiani dal Montone da Bologna
Author(s)	Angelo Viggiani dal Montone
Place of origin	Venice Bologna
Language	Italian
Genre(s)	Fencing manual
Publisher	Giorgio Angelieri (1575) Giovanni Rossi (1588)
Publication date	1575, 1588
Treatise scans	Illustrations 1 2 3 4 5 Digital scans A B (1575) Digital scans A B (1575) Digital scans A B (1575) B&W photocopy (1575) Digital scans (1588) Digital scans A B (1588) Digital scans (1588) Digital scans (1588) Digital scans (1588) B&W photocopy (1588)

Lo Schermo ("On Defense") is an Italian fencing manual written by Angelo Viggiani dal Montone and published by his brother Battista in 1575. It treats the use of the side sword after the Bolognese fashion.

Publication History

According to the preface, the Viggiani's dying wish to his brother was that his treatise, completed in 1551, not be published for at least fifteen years. His brother complied, and a presentation manuscript was gifted to Maximilian II (1527-1576) in 1567.

The first published edition was released in 1575, printed in Venice by Giorgio Angelieri. In 1588, Zacharia Cavalcabo caused a second edition to be produced, dedicated to Count Pirro Malvezzi and printed in Bologna by Giovanni Rossi.

In 2017, Jherek Swanger self-published an English translation of selections of the book under the title The Fencing Method of Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo, Part III. A second English edition by Tom Leoni followed in 2019, titled Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo (Book III, English Translation).

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Additional Resources

The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.

• Viggiani, Angelo (2017). The Fencing Method of Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo, Part III. Trans. by W. Jherek Swanger. Self-published.
• Viggiani, Angelo (2019). Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo (Book III, English Translation). Trans. by Tom Leoni. Self-published.

Copyright and License Summary

For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.

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