Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss (MS Var.82)

Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss
MS Var.82, Universitätsbibliothek Rostock Rostock, Germany
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Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin — Hils —
Type	Fencing manual
Date	1570-1571
Place of origin	Strasbourg, Germany
Language(s)	Early New High German
Author(s)	Martin Huntfeltz Jud Lew Johannes Liechtenauer Andre Liegniczer Joachim Meÿer Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck Martin Syber
Compiler	Joachim Meÿer
Scribe(s)	Joachim Meÿer
Dedicated to	Heinrich, Graf von Eberst
Size	124 folia
Format	Double-sided
Exemplar(s)	Codex I.6.4º.3 (1450s) (?)

Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss ("Manual on Fencing, on Horse and on Foot"; MS Varia 82) is a German fencing manual created by Joachim Meÿer in 1570-71. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitätsbibliothek Rostock in Rostock, Germany. Like many manuscripts from the previous century, the MS Varia 82 is an anthology of treatises from the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer. Meÿer was in the midst of writing the manuscript when he died, and it was thus never completed.

Much of the content seems to have been sourced from the Codex I.6.4º.3 or a fairly identical manuscript. The two notable exceptions to this are Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck's glosa, which do not match any other extant version, and an anonymous multiweapon treatise toward the back, which also appears in the compilations of Paulus Hector Mair but whose origins are completely unknown. The manuscript concludes with a brief treatise by Meÿer himself on the side sword, which diverges noticeably from his earlier treatises on the weapon and tracks more closely to his dussack teachings.

One final note of interest about this manuscript is that it mentions a Master Pegnitzer, a name that also appears on Paulus Kal's roll of the Society of Liechtenauer and a master from whom no treatise is known to survive. The name is mentioned in reference to a device of the poleaxe, which might indicate the subject of his teachings.

Contents

Folio	Contents
1r - 5r	Forward by Joachim Meÿer
6r - 13v	Gloss of Liechtenauer's Bloßfechten by Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck (abridged)
13v - 39v	Gloss of Liechtenauer's Bloßfechten by Pseudo-Peter von Danzig
39v - 41r	Longsword by Martin Syber
41r - 58r, 75v	Gloss of Liechtenauer's Roßfechten by Jud Lew
58r - 63v	Armored fencing by Martin Huntfeltz (attributed to Jud Lew)
63v - 67r	Armored wrestling by Martin Huntfeltz (attributed to Jud Lew)
67r - 74v	Armored fencing by Andre Liegniczer (attributed to Martin Huntfeltz)
74v - 75r	Kampffechten by Johannes Liechtenauer (fragment)
75v - 96v	Anonymous dagger treatise
97r - 98r	Sword and Buckler by Andre Liegniczer
98r - 110r	Gloss of Liechtenauer's Kampffechten by Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck (scrambled)
111r - 124v	Side sword by Joachim Meÿer