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− | <p> | + | <p>Likewise: One shall cut according to these figures, all cuts through the face with outstretched arms and make good footing in all things, so you do not make yourself mess up.</p> |
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− | | <p>Likewise: A break for the golden cuts. When you see that the opponent wishes to | + | | <p>Likewise: A break for the golden cuts. When you see that the opponent wishes to use the golden cut, strike against their upper left opening with your short edge. Whatever they then strike, you can parry and lunge back and with the golden cuts, cut through into the plunge from the opponent and lay yourself in the lower left position, so that you are again prepared.</p> |
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− | | <p>Likewise: A break for the triangle. when you see that the opponent wishes to | + | | <p>Likewise: A break for the triangle. when you see that the opponent wishes to use the triangle, lay in the schylt and step back and parry it with the golden parrying, strike at their nearest availble opening.</p> |
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− | | <p>{{red|b=1| | + | | <p>{{red|b=1|Likewise: Wrestling follows herafter.}}</p> |
<p>When you wish to wrestle, set your body in balance and make good footing. When the opponent grabs you low or high, you can break it according to following plays.</p> | <p>When you wish to wrestle, set your body in balance and make good footing. When the opponent grabs you low or high, you can break it according to following plays.</p> | ||
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− | | <p>Likewise: A good play. When you fence with someone, should they be low, | + | | <p>Likewise: A good play. When you fence with someone, should they be low, use the long thrust to the face strongly 2, 3 or 4 times and cut them to the next opening. Thus you have them how you yourself wish.</p> |
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− | | <p>Likewise: A play called the misplaced foot. | + | | <p>Likewise: A play called the misplaced foot. Use it with insight if you wish to win the prize.</p> |
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− | | <p>Likewise: A play called the little wheel. | + | | <p>Likewise: A play called the little wheel. Use wing-cuts 4 times in one play.</p> |
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− | | <p>Likewise: A break for the unicorn. As you see that someone, who is about to | + | | <p>Likewise: A break for the unicorn. As you see that someone, who is about to use the unicorn, then use the wing-cut.</p> |
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− | | <p>Item a break for the same wing-cut. If you see the wing-cut | + | | <p>Item a break for the same wing-cut. If you see the wing-cut [will be]<ref>see parallell usage below in the triangle play</ref> used, yank the right foot behind you and cut toward their outside opening.</p> |
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− | | <p>{{red|b=1| | + | | <p>{{red|b=1|Item. If you wish to examine<ref>inspect/see/behold/assess</ref> the art,<br/>Go left and right with cutting, etc.}}</p> |
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− | | <p>Likewise: A break for the triangle. If you see that someone will | + | | <p>Likewise: A break for the triangle. If you see that someone will use the triangle, then yank your right foot behind you and cut strongly from the opponent to the nearest opening, there is no shame for you.</p> |
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− | | <p> | + | | <p>{{red|b=1|Likewise: The 4 bind ups in the staff}}</p> |
− | <p>At first, bind | + | <p>At first, bind up the opponent at the head with the right hand and after that do it again at their head with the left hand and with a step in. Strike towards their left leg with a step in and after that strike for their right leg with the left hand with a step in. Thus the 4 bind ups are correct.</p> |
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− | | <p> | + | | <p>Likewise: A play from the upper right bind up. Act as if you will bind up the opponent on the right and bind up the opponent on the left so that you strike their staff up and step into the battle.</p> |
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− | | <p> | + | | <p>Likewise: A good play of the other upper bind up. Act as if you will bind up the opponent on the left and bind up the opponent on the right so that you strike their staff up and then fall into the battle.</p> |
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− | | <p> | + | | <p>Likewise: After a play in the right lower bind up. Act as if you will bind up the opponent on the right and bind up the opponent onthe left and thrust toward their lower opening.</p> |
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Revision as of 03:44, 2 March 2021
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MS Best.7020 (W*)150, Historisches Archiv Cologne, Germany | |||||
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Also known as | MS W.* 8 150 | ||||
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Date | ca. 1500 | ||||
Language(s) | Early New High German (Ripuarian) | ||||
Author(s) | Unknown | ||||
Size | 22 folia (100 mm × 145 mm) | ||||
Format | Double-sided | ||||
External data | Handschriftencensus | ||||
Treatise scans | Microfilm scans | ||||
Other translations | Traduction française |
Fechtregeln ("Fencing Rules"; MS Best. 7020 (W*)150)[1] is an anonymous German fencing manual created around the turn of the 16th century.[2] It currently rests in the holdings of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln in Cologne, Germany; it was housed in the wing of the Archive that collapsed on 3 March 2009,[3] but it was recovered and seems to have been undamaged.[4]
Fechtregeln contains several verses resembling Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital, but it has few other obvious parallels to the teachings of the high master.[2] However, as James Acutt points out, it does bear a certain resemblance to the syllabus of the Marxbrüder fencing guild as described by Hans Sachs.[5]
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Provenance
The known provenance of the MS Best. 7020 (W*)150 is:
- Created in ca. 1500[2] by an anonymous scribe; the dialect of German used in the text (Ripuarian) suggests an origin in Cologne, Germany.[6]
- before 1824 – acquired by scholar and collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (donated upon his death, 1824).
- 1824-present – held by the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln.
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Additional Resources
- Bauer, Matthias Johannes. Langes Schwert und Schweinespieß. ADEVA Graz, 2009. ISBN 978-3-201-01920-0
References
- ↑ Also sometimes called the "Kölner Fechtbuch" (Fencing Manual of Cologne).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matthias Johannes Bauer. "Köln, Hist. Archiv der Stadt, Best. 7020 (W*) 150". Handschriftencensus. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der handschriftlichen Überlieferung deutschsprachiger Texte des Mittelalters. October, 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ↑ Newspaper article Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung 01.03.2010
- ↑ Personal report from one of the salvage workers.
- ↑ James Acutt. "The Fight-Lore of the Long Sword From the Kölner Fechtbuch (MS Best.7020)". Paleoeskirmology Historical Combat Systems. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ↑ Handschriftencensus Rheinland. Erfassung mittelalterlicher Handschriften im rheinischen Landesteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen mit einem Inventar. Ed. Günter Gattermann. 1993. Vol. 2, pp. 1319f. (Nr. 2488)
- ↑ schylt: 1)shield. 2) to push off with an oar. a rudder pole. 3)shaved or peeled
- ↑ A proverb similar to the one also found in Kal (Cgm 1507, 6r)
- ↑ A similar description appears in Meyer, 1.19v.1 (Forgeng 2006, 64)
- ↑ "b" and "a" in the margin are to show that the two plays are in reverse order.
- ↑ this is not referencing the four positions, rather it is about posture and footing
- ↑ see parallell usage below in the triangle play
- ↑ Bröße: Brosche. A long straight awl or spike.
- ↑ inspect/see/behold/assess
- ↑ Pseudo-zettel, referring to the four openings (vier blossen) verse.
- ↑ A small spear often on a cord, thrown from a free hand
- ↑ A knedel is a knot or lump
Copyright and License Summary
For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.
Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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Images | Historisches Archiv | Historisches Archiv | |
Translation | Christian Trosclair | Wiktenauer | |
Transcription | Dieter Bachmann | Index:Fechtregeln (MS Best.7020 (W*)150) |