Las reglas del montante (CCPB000152417-8)

Las reglas del montante
CCPB000152417-8, Biblioteca Publica del Estado Toledo, Spain
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Type	Fencing manual
Date	ca. 1563
Language(s)	Spanish
Author(s)	Unknown
Material	Paper
Format	Marginalia

Las reglas del montante ("The Rules of the Montante") is a brief, anonymous Spanish notation recorded in a copy of Melchor Cano's 1563 theological text De locis theologicis, libri duocecim.... It currently rests in the holdings of the Biblioteca Publica del Estado in Toledo, Spain. This is one of very few sources for instructions on the use of the montante, an Iberian greatsword, and is thought to have been inscribed by a student in the during his studies.

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Anonymous greatsword plays  English Translation by Michael Chidester Transcription by Julia Méndez Aparicio The rules of the montante follow Enter with a forehand blow and a backhand blow, and then exit with another forehand blow and backhand blow and two thrusts. Two forehand blows and two backhand blows screening above the head, and then exit (neither more nor less) with your two [strikes], one to one side and the other to the other. Two forehand blows followed by a thrust, and then exit (neither more nor less). Three flying forehand blows, and then return with another three backhand blows. A forehand blow forward and a backhand blow forward, and then return (neither more nor less). Three forehand blows across and another three backhand blows, cutting over the head. Two forehand blows, and then return toward the right side with a thrust and with a backhand blow not preparing, and later two ... the same thrust. Síguense las reglas del montante / Entrar con tajo y rebes y salir con tajo / y rebes y dos estocadas. / Dos tajos y dos rebeses manparando sobre la cabeça y salir ni mas ni menos con sus dos esto/cadas una a un cabo y otra a otro / Dos tajos i una estocada segida [sic] y salir / ni mas ni menos / Tres tajos bolados y bolber con otros tres rebeses. / Un tajo adelante i rebes adelante / i bolber ni mas ni menos / Tres tajos cruçando y otros tres rebeses / cortando por encima de la cabeza / Dos tajos y bolber por el lado derecho con una / estocada y con rebes no aparando y luego dos / (...) / la misma estocada.

Additional Resources

• Mendez Aparicio, Julia. "Las anotaciones manuscritas de los impresos del siglo XVI de la Biblioteca Pública del Estado en Toledo". Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo, Volume 55. 2008.