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  | [[Glasgow Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.341)|MS E.1939.65.341]] (1508)
 
  | [[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Libr. pict. A.83]] (ca. 1510s)
 
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The '''Augsburg Group''' is a series of [[century::15th century|15th]] and 16th century [[nationality::German]] manuscripts that describe a common set of techniques and seem to have originated in the area of Augsburg, Germany. It has been suggested that these treatises define a local martial arts tradition native to that city, which would be a subset of the mainstream German style. The first two components of the [[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Bauman Fechtbuch]] are the oldest entry in the group, and it's possible that the later treatises are dependent on it, particularly that of [[Albrecht Dürer]]. However, this issue is complicated by the fact that the first grappling section of the [[Glasgow Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.341)|Glasgow Fechtbuch]], which is comprised of material not drawn from Bauman, contains much of the remainder of Dürer's work.
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The '''Augsburg Group''' is a series of [[century::15th century|15th]] and 16th century [[nationality::German]] manuscripts that describe a common set of techniques and seem to have originated in the area of Augsburg, Germany. It has been suggested that these treatises define a local martial arts tradition native to that city, which would be a subset of the mainstream German style. The first two components of the [[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.4º.2)|Bauman Fechtbuch]] are the oldest entry in the group, and it's possible that the later treatises are dependent on it, particularly that of [[Albrecht Dürer]]. However, this issue is complicated by the fact that the first grappling section of the [[Glasgow Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.341)|Glasgow Fechtbuch]], which is comprised of material not drawn from Bauman, contains much of the remainder of Dürer's work.
  
 
Despite the existence of several [[fencing manual]]s describing these teachings, there are few known masters of this tradition. Despite attempts by a few modern writers to connect Albrecht Dürer to the [[Marxbrüder]] fencing guild, there is no evidence suggesting that he was anything but a master painter, and it seems unlikely that he practiced the techniques in his book.<ref>J. Christoph Amberger. "[http://web.archive.org/web/20060518155508/http://swordhistory.com/excerpts/masters.html The Death of History: Historic European fighting arts in the Mis-information Age]". ''Fencers Quarterly Magazine''. Retrieved 12 October 2010.</ref> In fact, the only known master whose connection to the tradition is certain is [[Antonius Rast]], a former Captain of the Marxbrüder who left a partially-completed fencing manual upon his death in 1549. This manuscript was later acquired and completed by [[Paulus Hector Mair]], and it seems to have influenced his own writings to some extent.
 
Despite the existence of several [[fencing manual]]s describing these teachings, there are few known masters of this tradition. Despite attempts by a few modern writers to connect Albrecht Dürer to the [[Marxbrüder]] fencing guild, there is no evidence suggesting that he was anything but a master painter, and it seems unlikely that he practiced the techniques in his book.<ref>J. Christoph Amberger. "[http://web.archive.org/web/20060518155508/http://swordhistory.com/excerpts/masters.html The Death of History: Historic European fighting arts in the Mis-information Age]". ''Fencers Quarterly Magazine''. Retrieved 12 October 2010.</ref> In fact, the only known master whose connection to the tradition is certain is [[Antonius Rast]], a former Captain of the Marxbrüder who left a partially-completed fencing manual upon his death in 1549. This manuscript was later acquired and completed by [[Paulus Hector Mair]], and it seems to have influenced his own writings to some extent.
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== Treatises ==
 
== Treatises ==
  
The Wrocław [[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (Cod.1246)|Codex 1246]] was lost during World War II and cannot presently be integrated into this concordance. Fortunately, [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]] referenced this text extensively in his 1909 edition ''Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch''. In the transcription, he included notes where the text of the Codex 1246 differs from that of the [[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|MS 26-232]]; those notes have been preserved in this compilation, indicated by footnotes with the abbreviation ''Br.''
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The Wrocław [[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (Cod.1246)|Codex 1246]] disappeared during World War and cannot presently be integrated into this concordance. Fortunately, [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]] referenced this text extensively in his 1909 edition ''Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch''. In the transcription, he included notes where the text of the Codex 1246 differs from that of the [[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|MS 26-232]]; those notes have been preserved in this compilation, indicated by footnotes with the abbreviation ''Br.''
  
 
While the [[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Picture Book]] contains a wealth of high-quality illustrations, it draws on multiple sources aside from the Augsburg tradition including [[Hans Talhoffer]]'s writings and a series of [[anonymous sword and buckler images]]. Because of this, images which don't overlap other works in the tradition can't be verified as belonging to it and thus are omitted here.
 
While the [[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Picture Book]] contains a wealth of high-quality illustrations, it draws on multiple sources aside from the Augsburg tradition including [[Hans Talhoffer]]'s writings and a series of [[anonymous sword and buckler images]]. Because of this, images which don't overlap other works in the tradition can't be verified as belonging to it and thus are omitted here.
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! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|start}}<br/>by [[Cory Winslow]]</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|start}}<br/>by [[Cory Winslow]]</p>
! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version I]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
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! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version ]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Glasgow Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.341)|Glasgow Version]] (1508)<br/>Transcribed by [[Dierk Hagedorn]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Glasgow Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.341)|Glasgow Version]] (1508)<br/>Transcribed by [[Dierk Hagedorn]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
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! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
  
 
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! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
! <p>{{rating|C|Translation (from the Augsburg II)}}<br>by [[Chuck Wyatt]] and [[Cory Winslow]]</p>
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! <p>{{rating|C|Translation (from the Augsburg )}}<br>by [[Chuck Wyatt]] and [[Cory Winslow]]</p>
! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version I]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
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! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version ]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
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! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
  
 
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|-  
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! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>{{rating}}</p>
 
! <p>{{rating}}</p>
! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version I]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
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! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version ]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
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! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
  
 
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|-  
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! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|b}}<br/>by [[Cory Winslow]]</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|b}}<br/>by [[Cory Winslow]]</p>
! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version I]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
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! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version ]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
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! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
  
 
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! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>{{rating}}</p>
 
! <p>{{rating}}</p>
! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version I]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
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! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version ]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
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! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
  
 
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! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>Images</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|B}}<br/>by [[Christian Trosclair]]</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|B}}<br/>by [[Christian Trosclair]]</p>
! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version I]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
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! <p>[[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4º.2)|Augsburg Version ]] (1470s)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Version]] (1510s)</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
 
! <p>[[OPLODIDASKALIA sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna Version]] (1512)<br/>Transcribed by [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]</p>
! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
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! <p>[[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]] (1553)<br/>Transcribed by [[Werner Ueberschär]]</p>
  
 
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<section begin="sourcebox"/>{{sourcebox header|1}}
 
<section begin="sourcebox"/>{{sourcebox header|1}}
 
{{sourcebox
 
{{sourcebox
  | work        = [[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4°.2)|Cod. I.6.4°.2]] Images
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  | work        = [[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4°.2)|Cod. .6.4°.2]] Images
 
  | authors    = [[Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg]]
 
  | authors    = [[Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg]]
 
  | source link = http://media.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/node?cunfold=82373&dir=82373&id=82373
 
  | source link = http://media.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/node?cunfold=82373&dir=82373&id=82373
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{{sourcebox
 
{{sourcebox
  | work        = [[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4°.2)|Augsburg Version I]]
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  | work        = [[Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod. I.6.4°.2)|Augsburg Version ]]
 
  | authors    = [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]
 
  | authors    = [[Friedrich Dörnhöffer]]
 
  | source link = http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/fencing/albrecht.pdf
 
  | source link = http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/fencing/albrecht.pdf
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}}
 
}}
 
{{sourcebox
 
{{sourcebox
  | work        = [[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version II]]
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  | work        = [[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Augsburg Version ]]
 
  | authors    = [[Werner Ueberschär]]
 
  | authors    = [[Werner Ueberschär]]
 
  | source link = http://www.schwertbund-nurmberg.de/TranskriptionAnthonyRast.pdf
 
  | source link = http://www.schwertbund-nurmberg.de/TranskriptionAnthonyRast.pdf
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* [[Ott Jud]]; [[Albrecht Dürer|Dürer, Albrecht]]; [[Fabian von Auerswald|Auerswald, Fabian von]]; [[Nicolaes Petter|Petter, Nicolaes]]; [[Johann Georg Pascha|Paschen, Johann]] (in German). ''Chronik alter Kampfkünste: Zeichnungen und Texte aus Schriften alter Meister entstanden 1443-1674''. Weinmann, 2003. ISBN 978-3878920311
 
* [[Ott Jud]]; [[Albrecht Dürer|Dürer, Albrecht]]; [[Fabian von Auerswald|Auerswald, Fabian von]]; [[Nicolaes Petter|Petter, Nicolaes]]; [[Johann Georg Pascha|Paschen, Johann]] (in German). ''Chronik alter Kampfkünste: Zeichnungen und Texte aus Schriften alter Meister entstanden 1443-1674''. Weinmann, 2003. ISBN 978-3878920311
 
* [[Dierk Hagedorn|Hagedorn, Dierk]] (in German). ''Albrecht Dürer. Das Fechtbuch.'' [[VS-Books]], 2021. ISBN 9783932077500
 
* [[Dierk Hagedorn|Hagedorn, Dierk]] (in German). ''Albrecht Dürer. Das Fechtbuch.'' [[VS-Books]], 2021. ISBN 9783932077500
* [[Dierk Hagedorn|Hagedorn, Dierk]] and Daniel Jaquet. ''Dürer's Fight Book: The Genius of the German Renaissance and his Combat Treatise.'' Barnsley, UK: Greenhill Books, 2022. ISBN: 978-1-784438-703-7
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* [[Dierk Hagedorn|Hagedorn, Dierk]] and Daniel Jaquet. ''Dürer's Fight Book: The Genius of the German Renaissance and his Combat Treatise.'' Barnsley, UK: Greenhill Books, 2022. ISBN 978-1-784438-703-7
 
* Strauss, Walter L. ''The complete drawings of Albrecht Dürer.'' New York: Abaris Books, 1974. ISBN 0913870005
 
* Strauss, Walter L. ''The complete drawings of Albrecht Dürer.'' New York: Abaris Books, 1974. ISBN 0913870005
 
* [[Rainer Welle|Welle, Rainer]] (in German). ''Albrecht Dürer und seine Kunst des Zweikampfes : auf den Spuren der Handschrift 26232 in der Albertina Wien''. Kumberg: Sublilium Schaffer, Verlag für Geschichte, Kunst & Buchkultur, 2021. ISBN 9783950500806
 
* [[Rainer Welle|Welle, Rainer]] (in German). ''Albrecht Dürer und seine Kunst des Zweikampfes : auf den Spuren der Handschrift 26232 in der Albertina Wien''. Kumberg: Sublilium Schaffer, Verlag für Geschichte, Kunst & Buchkultur, 2021. ISBN 9783950500806

Revision as of 17:49, 26 August 2022

Augsburg Group
Cod.I.6.4º.2 20v21r.png
Bauman Fechtbuch, ff 20v - 21r
Author(s)
Compiled by
Illustrated by
Date ca. 1470s
Genre
Language Early New High German
State of Existence Original hypothetical; several
fragmentary copies exist
Manuscript(s)
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations

The Augsburg Group is a series of 15th and 16th century German manuscripts that describe a common set of techniques and seem to have originated in the area of Augsburg, Germany. It has been suggested that these treatises define a local martial arts tradition native to that city, which would be a subset of the mainstream German style. The first two components of the Bauman Fechtbuch are the oldest entry in the group, and it's possible that the later treatises are dependent on it, particularly that of Albrecht Dürer. However, this issue is complicated by the fact that the first grappling section of the Glasgow Fechtbuch, which is comprised of material not drawn from Bauman, contains much of the remainder of Dürer's work.

Despite the existence of several fencing manuals describing these teachings, there are few known masters of this tradition. Despite attempts by a few modern writers to connect Albrecht Dürer to the Marxbrüder fencing guild, there is no evidence suggesting that he was anything but a master painter, and it seems unlikely that he practiced the techniques in his book.[1] In fact, the only known master whose connection to the tradition is certain is Antonius Rast, a former Captain of the Marxbrüder who left a partially-completed fencing manual upon his death in 1549. This manuscript was later acquired and completed by Paulus Hector Mair, and it seems to have influenced his own writings to some extent.

Treatises

The Wrocław Codex 1246 disappeared during World War Ⅱ and cannot presently be integrated into this concordance. Fortunately, Friedrich Dörnhöffer referenced this text extensively in his 1909 edition Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch. In the transcription, he included notes where the text of the Codex 1246 differs from that of the MS 26-232; those notes have been preserved in this compilation, indicated by footnotes with the abbreviation Br.

While the Berlin Picture Book contains a wealth of high-quality illustrations, it draws on multiple sources aside from the Augsburg tradition including Hans Talhoffer's writings and a series of anonymous sword and buckler images. Because of this, images which don't overlap other works in the tradition can't be verified as belonging to it and thus are omitted here.

Additional Resources

References

  1. J. Christoph Amberger. "The Death of History: Historic European fighting arts in the Mis-information Age". Fencers Quarterly Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. dauchen : drücken, niederdrücken.
  3. Im Fechten gibt es den Zwerhau, der in dieser Handschrift als Twir bezeichnet wird, in anderen Quellen aber auch Twirch geschrieben wird, von zwerch = schräg, quer. Zum einen würde diese Bedeutung in Verbindung mit dem Ringen hier keinen wirklichen Sinn ergeben, zum anderen wäre die Schreibweise mit „b“, auch wenn dieses stimmlos gesprochen werden kann, äußerst ungewöhnlich. Im Rheinischen Wörterbuch findet sich dagegen der Begriff Pirch = Pferch = Einzäunung. Diese Bedeutung ergibt im Ringen mehr Sinn und könnte hier evtl. mit „Umklammerung“ übersetzt werden.
  4. der erste Buchstabe (p) ist nicht sauber geschrieben. pern stossen = Bärenstoß?
  5. es fehlt die „fünfft tbirch“, Dafür hat das Stück zwischen der drit und der vierdt tbirch keine Nummerierung.
  6. 5. plötzlich, unversehens.
  7. hier zu lesen als: fringt = ringt.
  8. The addition is difficult to read on the document, but results from the Table of Contents
  9. von äbich: abstehend, verkehrt (Deutsches Wörterbuch of the Brothers Grimm)
  10. The following pictures are marked with numbers underneath. As on the original the numbering is difficult to read, it was omitted in the transcription of the plays.
  11. das „b“ bei „nymbt“ wurde nachträglich aus vermutlich ursprünglich „y“ verbessert
  12. alt: fulcrum
  13. das „h“ ist über das vermutete „g“ geschrieben
  14. Text from subsequent image, per the statement "This passage belongs to the previous device, those belong hereafter."
  15. Text from subsequent image, per the statement "This passage belongs to the other devices before."