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Exercitiorum Atque Artis Militaris Collectanea (Pedro Monte)
| Exercitiorum Atque Artis Militaris Collectanea | |
|---|---|
| Collected Martial Arts and Exercises | |
 | |
| Full title | Pietro Montei Exercitiorum Atque Artis Militaris Collectanea in Tris Libros Distincta |
| Also known as | Collectanea |
| Author(s) | Pedro Monte |
| Dedicated to | Galeazzo da Sanseverino |
| Place of origin | Milan |
| Language | Renaissance Latin |
| Genre(s) | |
| Publisher | Giovani Angelo Scinzenzler |
| Publication date | 27 July 1509 |
| Pages | 120 |
| Treatise scans | Black and white photocopies (1509) |
Exercitiorum Atque Artis Militaris Collectanea ("Collected Martial Arts and Exercises") is a Spanish fencing manual by Pedro Monte printed in Milan in 1509.[1] Original editions currently rest in the holdings of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, France; the British Library in London, England; the Huntington Library in San Marino, California; the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria; and the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut.
Sydney Anglo states that "No master was more comprehensive [in his writings] than Pedro Monte in 1509. He not only deals with wrestling, dagger fighting, the use of long and short lance, two-handed sword and the single-sword on its own or in combination with various types of shield and buckler and cape; he also discusses the various types of pole arm such as the partisan, the ronca, spetum, and halberd. He examines in detail fencing and wrestling on horseback, along with various types of mounted lance combat; treats physical exercises such as running, jumping, and vaulting; provides a little encyclopedia of contemporary arms and armor; and finally places the entire corpus of material within a broader context of the art of war."[2]
Publication History
Monte's Exercitiorum Atque Artis Militaris Collectanea was first published in Milan on 27 July 1509 by Giovani Angelo Scinzenzler. Though the treatise was printed in Renaissance Latin, a Spanish-language manuscript also exists (the Escorial MS A.IV.23) which seems to have been Monte's original draft.
Contents
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Additional Resources
- Fontaine, Marie-Madeleine (in French). Le condottiere Pietro del Monte, philosophe et écrivain de la Renaissance, 1457-1509. Geneva-Paris: Slatkine, 1991. ISBN 978-2051011839
References
- ↑ According to the final page
- ↑ Sydney Anglo. The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. p 26.
