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Talhoffer Fechtbuch (Cod.Ser.Nov.2978)
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Talhoffer Fechtbuch | |||||
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Private Collection | |||||
Folio 12r | |||||
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Also known as | Codex Series Nova 2978 | ||||
Type | |||||
Date | ca. 1500s | ||||
Language(s) | Early New High German | ||||
Author(s) | Hans Talhoffer | ||||
Scribe(s) | Unknown | ||||
Size | 137 folia (?) | ||||
Format | Double-sided; two illustrations per side, with text above | ||||
Script | Bastarda (?) | ||||
Exemplar(s) | Codex Icon 394a (1467) | ||||
Previously kept | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria |
The Codex Series Nova 2978 was copied in the sixteenth century from the Codex Icon 394a, a German fencing manual created by Hans Talhoffer in 1467. Hils listed it as being held by the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria in 1985, but it has since passed into a private collection.
Provenance
Contents
These are the contents of the 1467 edition, from which this manuscript was copied.
Folio | Section |
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1rv | Opening |
2r - 35r | Longsword by Hans Talhoffer |
35v - 40v | Armored fencing by Hans Talhoffer |
41r - 53r | Poleaxe by Hans Talhoffer |
53v - 86r | Longshield by Hans Talhoffer |
86v - 96v | Dagger by Hans Talhoffer |
96v - 112r | Grappling by Hans Talhoffer |
113r - 116v | Messer by Hans Talhoffer |
117r - 122r | Sword and Buckler by Hans Talhoffer |
122v - 126v | Duel Between a Man and a Woman by Hans Talhoffer |
127r - 136v | Mounted fencing by Hans Talhoffer |