Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten (Cod.Guelf.264.23.Extrav.)

Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten
Cod.Guelf.264.23.Extrav., Herzog-August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany
First title page (ff 1v-2r)
Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin Hils —
Type	Fencing manual
Date	1657
Place of origin	Sorø, Denmark
Language(s)	New High German
Author(s)	anonymous student
Material	Paper
Size	47 folia
Format	Double-sided
Script	Cursive
External data	Museum catalog entry
Treatise scans	Digital scans (2000x2400)

Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten ("Fechtbuch by an Unnamed Student"; Codex Guelf 264.23 Extravagantes) is a German fencing manual created in 1657. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Herzog-August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. The anonymous author attended the Ritterakademie in Sorø, Denmark in or before 1657, and seems to have been a student of Hans Wilhelm Schöffer von Dietz.

This manuscript is very unusual in that it presents fencing teachings from the perspective of the student learning them rather than a master offering instruction.

Contents

Folio	Contents
1r - 2v	Anonymous flag-waving techniques
3r - 4v	Blank
5r - 11r	Anonymous rapier techniques
11v - 17v	Blank
18r - 31r	Anonymous rapier techniques
31v - 34v	Blank
35r - 46r	Anonymous rapier and dagger techniques
47rv	Instructions for a game by Duke Christian Augusts

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