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Il Fior di Battaglia | |||||
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MS Ludwig XV 13, J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, California | |||||
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Type | |||||
Date | ca. 1404 (?) | ||||
Place of origin | Milan, Italy | ||||
Language(s) | Middle Italian | ||||
Author(s) | Fiore de'i Liberi | ||||
Scribe(s) | Unknown | ||||
Illustrator(s) | Unknown (at least two artists) | ||||
Dedicated to | Niccolò III Marquis d'Este | ||||
Material | Parchment, in a pasteboard leather binding | ||||
Size | 49 folia | ||||
Format | Double-sided; four illustrations per side, with text above each | ||||
Script | Bastarda | ||||
External data | Museum catalog | ||||
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Fior di Battaglia ("The Flower of Battle", MS Ludwig XV 13) is an Italian fencing manual authored by Fiore de'i Liberi, possibly created for the Milanese diplomatic mission to Ferrara in 1404.[citation needed] The original currently rests in the holdings of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. Its preface, format, illustrations, and text are all very similar to the MS M.383. The text takes the form of descriptive paragraphs set in poor Italian verse, which are nevertheless fairly clear and informative. Despite its shared characteristics with the MS M.383 there are important differences, not the least of which is the vastly different order of the information. MS Ludwig XV 13 contains the most content of any of the four known manuscripts of Fior di Battaglia. It is typically referred to as the Getty.
Provenance
The known provenance of the MS Ludwig XV 13 is:[1]
- Probably written in ca. 1404.
- before 1474 – owned by Niccolò Marcello di Santa Marina of Venice.
- ca. 1699 – gifted to Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750), who created a copy of the preface.
- before 1825 – owned by Luigi Celotti (sold London, Sotheby's, 1825).
- 1886-1966 – the MS 4202 in the collection of Thomas Phillipps (sold London, Sotheby's, 1966).
- 1966-1983 – the MS Ludwig XV 13 in the collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig.
- 1983-present – the MS Ludwig XV 13 in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Contents
Folio | Section |
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1r - 2r | Preface by Fiore de'i Liberi |
6r - 8r | Grappling by Fiore de'i Liberi |
8v | Baton by Fiore de'i Liberi |
9r - 18v, 38r - 38v |
Dagger by Fiore de'i Liberi |
29r - 20r | Longsword vs. dagger by Fiore de'i Liberi |
20r - 21v | Longsword in one hand by Fiore de'i Liberi |
22r - 32r | Longsword in two hands by Fiore de'i Liberi |
32v - 35r | Armored fencing by Fiore de'i Liberi |
35v - 37v | Poleaxe by Fiore de'i Liberi |
39r - 40r | Spear by Fiore de'i Liberi |
41r - 45v, 46v | Mounted fencing by Fiore de'i Liberi |
46r | Spear vs. cavalry by Fiore de'i Liberi |
46v - 47r | Closing |
Gallery
Digital images courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Additional Resources
- dei Liberi, Fiore; Leoni, Tommaso. Fiore de’ Liberi’s Fior di Battaglia. 1st ed. Lulu.com, 2009. 2nd ed. Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2012.
- dei Liberi, Fiore; Rubboli, Marco; Cesari, Luca (in Italian). Flos Duellatorum. Manuale di Arte del Combattimento del XV secolo. Rome: Il Cerchio Iniziative Editoriali, 2002. ISBN 88-8474-023-1
- Malipiero, Massimo (in Italian). Il Fior di battaglia di Fiore dei Liberi da Cividale: Il Codice Ludwing XV 13 del J. Paul Getty Museum. Udine: Ribis, 2006. ISBN 88-7445-035-4.
- Mondschein, Ken. The Knightly Art of Battle. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 978-160-60607-6-6
- Richards, Colin. Fiore dei Liberi, 1409: Wrestling & Dagger. Arts of Mars Books, 2007. ISBN 39-8116-270-6
- Zanutto, D. Luigi (in Italian). Fiore di Premariacco ed I Ludi e Le Feste Marziali e Civili in Friuli. Udine: D. Del Bianco, 1907.
References
- ↑ Easton, Matt. "Fiore dei Liberi - Fior di Battaglia - Flos Duellatorum". Schola Gladiatoria. Retrieved 30 October 2010.