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

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Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss
MS Var.82, Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
Rostock, Germany

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Title page (ff 4v-5r)
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Type Fencing manual
Date 1563-1571
Place of origin Strasbourg, Germany (?)
Language(s) Early New High German
Author(s)
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) (?)
External data Library catalog entry
Treatise scans Digital scans (1800x2400)

Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss ("Manual on Fencing, on Horse and on Foot"; MS Var[ia] 82) is a German fencing manual created some time between 1563 and 1570. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitätsbibliothek Rostock in Rostock, Germany. Like many manuscripts from the previous century, the MS Var. 82 is an anthology of older treatises from the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer; perhaps the most significant portion is the notes that Joachim Meÿer added to the front and back, particularly an outline he wrote for adapting the traditional German Messer teachings (exemplified in the writings of Johannes Lecküchner to the newly-popular side sword

Much of the older content seems to have been sourced from a manuscript in the same group as the Codex I.6.4º.3. 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.

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.

Provenance

Contents

1r - 5r Notes on cutting 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

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Copyright and License Summary

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