Modus Dimicandi (MS G.B.f.18a)

MS G.B.f.18.a
Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena Jena, Germany
Folio 123v
Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin Hils —
Type	Fencing manual
Date	between 1416 and 1444
Place of origin	Erfurt, Germany
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	H. Beringer
Material	Paper
Size	156 folia
Format	Double-sided
Script	Bastarda
Identified	James Wallhausen, 2012
Treatise scans	Digital scan (1406x2153)

The MS G.B.f.18.a is a German manuscript similar to a commonplace book, probably created between 1416 and 1444. It currently rests in the holdings of the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena in Jena, Germany.

Contents

Folio	Section
1ra - 28vb	Tituli Utriusque Juris ("Chapters on Law")
29ra - 32ra	Tabula alphabetica Epitomae Exactis regibus, Expositionum titulorum Decretalium et vocabulariorim iuris ("Alphabetical index epitomising the reigns of Kings, Expositions of Distinguishing Titles and legal vocabulary")
32va - 53rb	Epitome Exactis Regibus. Exactis a Romana civitate regibus constituti sunt consules duo... - ... quod supervacuum est provectis et tantum de isto etc. Et sic est finis.
53va - 56ra	Expositiones titulorum Decretalium ("Explanation of Distinguishing Titles")
56ra - 72vb	Vocabularii iuris ("Dictionary of Legal terminology")
66ra - 72vb	De significationibus anni ("On Significant Dates")
73ra - 121vb	Margarita decreti by Martinus Oppaviensis
122ra - va	Experimenta by Nicolaüs de Polonia
122vb	Pfeilbeschwörung ("Blessings of Arrows))
122vb	Waffenbeschwörung ("Weapon Blessings")
122vb - 123rb	Armbrusttraktat ("Archery/Crossbow Treatise")
123va - vb	Fechtlehre ("Fight-lore") by H. Beringer
123vb - 124ra	Ausfahrtsfegen gegen den Plötzlichen Tod ("Preventions against sudden death")
124ra	Beschwörung gegen Hautkrankenheiten ("Blessings against diseases of the flesh")
124ra - 124va	Pulverrezepte ("Gunpowder recipes")
124va - 125ra	Losbuch ("Book of Divination")
125ra - 125vb	Recepta contra infirmitates mulierum ("Recipes to counter Female infirmities")
125vb - 126rb	Recepta diversa ("Various Recipes")
126rb - va	Recepta de cura plantarum ("Sixteen instructions on the germination and care of crops, mainly concerning trees.
126r	Beschwörung der Wünschelrute ("On the bottom is a Divination incantation")
l26va - vb	Orakel zur Wahrheitsfidung ("Oracle of Truth")
127ra - 150va	Expositio septem psalmorum paenitentialium ("The explanation of the seven psalms of penance")
150vb	De legitimis heredibus ("On lawful inheritance")
156va	Regulae recte vivendi