Joachim Meyers Fäktbok (MS A.4º.2)

Joachim Meyers Fäktbok
MS A.4º.2, Lunds Universitets Bibliotek Lund, Sweden
Opening, ff 2v - 3r
Hagedorn JML Leng —
Wierschin — Hils —
Type	Fencing manual
Date	1563-68
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Joachim Meyer
Scribe(s)	Unknown
Illustrator(s)	Unknown
Patron	Otto von Solms
Material	Paper, in a leather binding
Size	89 folia (290 mm × 210 mm)
Format	Double-sided; text with scattered illustrations
Script	Secretary
External data	Library catalog entry
Treatise scans	Digital scans (2400x1800) Digital scans (1200x900)

The title of this article contains the characters ä and º. Where they are unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Joachim Meyers Faktbok (MS A.4o.2).

The MS A.4º.2 is a German fencing manual created by Joachim Meyer, probably around 1563 or 1568. The original currently rests in the holdings of Lunds Universitets Bibliotek in Lund, Sweden. This manuscript was created for his student Otto von Solms (1550-1612); since the manuscript is undated internally, it's unclear whether it was created when Meyer taught Otto in 1563 or at a later date, such as Otto's visit to Strasbourg in 1568. It contains lessons in the use of the sword, the dussack, and the rapier, and it is substantially the same as the longer manuscript Meyer produced in 1561 (MS Bibl. 2465) for Georg Johann von Veldenz.

Provenance

The known provenance of the MS A.4º.2 is:

• Written some time between 1563 and 1568 for Otto von Solms.
• 1560s-1612 – owned by Otto von Solms (1550-1612).
• 1612-1642 – owned by Friedrich Albert von Solms (taken as spoils of war by Johannes Levi von Sommerlad, 1642).
• 1643-1728 – owned by the Sparre family (gifted by Anna Maria Falkenberg, Axel Sparre's widow, 1728).
• 1728-1780 – owned by Melker von Falkenberg (donated, 1780).
• 1780-present – held by the Lunds Universitets Bibliotek.

Contents

1r - 4r	Dedication by Joachim Meyer
7r - 40v	Long sword by Joachim Meyer
44r - 65v	Dussack by Joachim Meyer
69r - 89v	Rapier by Joachim Meyer

Gallery

This gallery attempts to reflect the original placement of leaves in the manuscript. In the current collation, folio 5 is placed between 1 and 2 and folio 6 is placed between 7 and 8; a collation diagram is available on the index page.

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Additional Resources

The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.

• Chidester, Michael (2020). The Illustrated Meyer: A Visual Reference for the 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer. Somerville, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-00-7.
• Kieffer, Fanny (2022). "Dessiner le geste technique à la Renaissance : le dialogue entre le peintre Tobias Stimmer et le maître d'armes Joachim Meyer." Arts, Civilisation et Histoire de l'Europe 20: 49-72.
• Meyer, Joachim (2016). The Art of Sword Combat: A 1568 German Treatise on Swordsmanship. Trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. London: Frontline Books. ISBN 9781473876750.
• Meyer, Joachim (2023). Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reading Edition). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-34-2.
• Meyer, Joachim (2023). Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reference Edition) (2 vols.). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-30-4 (Vol 1); 978-1-953683-32-8 (Vol 2).

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Work	Author(s)	Source	License
Images	Lunds Universitets Bibliotek	Lunds Universitets Bibliotek
Transcription	Olivier Dupuis	Index:Joachim Meyers Fäktbok (MS A.4º.2)