Gregor Erhart Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.354)

Gregor Erhart Fechtbuch
MS E.1939.65.354, Glasgow Museums Glasgow, Scotland
Hagedorn Leng 38.9.5
Wierschin Hils 4
Also known as	Codex I.6.4º.4
Type	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Date	1533
Place of origin	Augsburg, Germany
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Gregor Erhart Jörg Wilhalm Hutter Johannes Lecküchner Johannes Liechtenauer Ott Jud Nicolaüs Augsburger Jobst von Württemberg
Scribe(s)	Gregor Erhart (?)
Illustrator(s)	Gregor Erhart
Material	Paper, with a leather and metal cover
Size	227 folia (?)
Format	Double-sided; illustrations on the verso side, sometimes with text above
Script	Bastarda
External data	Museum catalog listing

The MS E.1939.65.354 is a German fencing manual created by Gregor Erhart in 1533.^{[citation needed]} The original currently rests in the R. L. Scott Collection of the Glasgow Museums in Glasgow, Scotland. The manuscript consists of two parts. The first half is a series of sketches, including a copy of the longsword 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 David 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:

• Compiled and illustrated in 1533 by Gregor Erhart.
• before 1560 – owned by David 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 Augsburg, 1935).
• 1935-1939 – owned by Robert Lyons Scott (1871-1939).
• 1939 – part of the R. L. Scott Collection, donated to the Glasgow Museums in Glasgow, Scotland.

Contents

Folio	Section
1rv, 2v - 3r	Front Matter
2r, 3v - 83v	Longsword by Jörg Wilhalm Hutter
84r - 98v	Dagger by Gregor Erhart (?)
99v - 110v	Grappling by Gregor Erhart (?)
111r - 144v	Messer by Johannes Lecküchner
167r	["Die VII Stend des Langen Spiesz"]
167v - 170v	Epitome by Johannes Liechtenauer
170v - 171v	Longsword by Nicolaüs Augsburger (fragment)
172rv	Longsword by Jobst von Württemberg
172v - 178r	Messer by Jobst von Württemberg
178r - 179r	Dagger by Jobst von Württemberg
179v - 189r	Longsword by Nicolaüs Augsburger (fragment)
189r - 196v	Grappling by Ott Jud
196v - 227r	Anonymous dagger treatise