| Opera Nova |
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| A New Work |
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| Full title |
New Work by Antonio Manciolino,
Bolognese, wherein are all the
instructions and advantages that
are to be had in the practice of
arms of every sort; newly
corrected and printed. |
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| Author(s) |
Antonio Manciolino |
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| Illustrated by |
Unknown |
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| Dedicated to |
Don Luisi de Cordola |
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| Place of origin |
Venice, Italy |
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| Language |
Italian |
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| Genre(s) |
Fencing manual |
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| Publisher |
Nicolo d’Aristotile detto Zoppino |
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| Publication date |
1531 |
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First english
edition |
Leoni, 2010 |
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| Pages |
63 pages |
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| Treatise scans |
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Opera Nova ("A New Work") is a Bolognese fencing manual written by Antonio Manciolino and printed in ca. 1523,[1] and possibly the earliest printed Italian fencing treatise. Editions of the 1531 edition currently rest in the Raymond J. Lords Collection of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts (USA),[2] as well as the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, Germany;[3] the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, France;[4] and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma in Rome, Italy.[5] This treatise is important as it is the earliest work currently known from the Dardi (Bolognese) style of Italian swordsmanship.
Publication History
Opera Nova was printed in Venice in 1531 by Nicolo d’Aristotile detto Zoppino. An earlier edition seems to have been written in 1523 and printed some time thereafter, but no copies of any such earlier printing are known to exist. There also don't seem to have been any further printings of this text until the first modern Italian translation was released in 2008; this was followed by a new edition of the original text published in 2009 by Steven Reich. In 2010, Manciolino's treatise was translated into English and published by Tommasso Leoni.
Contents
| Page
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Section
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| 1r - 6v
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Introduction by Antonio Manciolino
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| 7r - 19r
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First Book by Antonio Manciolino
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| 19v - 19v
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Second Book by Antonio Manciolino
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| 30r - 37v
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Third Book by Antonio Manciolino
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| 38r - 49r
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Fourth Book by Antonio Manciolino
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| 49r - 58r
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Fifth Book by Antonio Manciolino
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| 58r - 63v
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Sixth Book by Antonio Manciolino
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Gallery
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ Leoni, Tommasso. The Complete Renaissance Swordsman: Antonio Manciolino’s Opera Nova (1531). Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2010. pp 11-12.
- ↑ Call number unknown.
- ↑ Call number CGM 57n.
- ↑ Call number R-24858.
- ↑ Call number unknown.
