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Gründtliche Beschreibung der…
Kunst des Fechtens
Gründtliche Beschreibung der…; Kunst des Fechtens
	A Thorough Description of the… Art of Fencing
USTC ID	660906 (1570) ; 660905 (1600) ;
Full title	A Thorough Description of the Free, ; Chivalric, and Noble Art of Fencing, ; Showing Various Customary Defenses, ; Affected and Put Forth with Many ; Handsome and Useful Drawings
Author(s)	Joachim Meyer
Illustrated by	Tobias Stimmer
Dedicated to	Johann Casimir
Place of origin	Strasbourg, Germany
Language	Early New High German
Genre(s)	Fencing manual ; Wrestling manual ;
Sources	MS Bibl. 2465 (1561) ; MS A.4°.2 (1568) ;
Publisher	Thiebolt Berger
Publication date	1570, 1600
Pages	433
Treatise scans	Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans A B C (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) ; Digital scans (1570) ; Fgures only (1570) ; Restored sword figures (1570) ; Digital scans A B C (1600) ; Digital scans (1600) ; Digital scans A B (1600) ; B&W photocopy (1600) ; B&W photocopy (1600) ;

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Gründtliche Beschreibung der… Kunst des Fechtens ("A Thorough Description of… the Art of Fencing") is a German fencing manual written by Joachim Meyer and printed in 1570. Building on his earlier 1560s works MS Bibl. 2465 and MS A.4°.2, it is a complex, sophisticated treatise purporting to teach the entire art of fencing (something that Meyer claimed had never been done before), and represents a significant evolution of the art that Johannes Liechtenauer taught 150 years earlier. It treats the sword, Dussack, rapier (both single and with secondary weapons), dagger and wrestling, and various pole weapons including the short staff, halberd, and long staff (pike).

Publication History

The first edition of Gründtliche Beschreibung der… Kunst des Fechtens was printed in Strasbourg by Thiebolt Berger in 1570, exactly one year before Meyer's death. A second edition was printed in Augsburg in 1600 by Michael Manger (under publisher Elte Millers), possibly arranged by his widow and her family; for this edition, the same woodblocks were used but the text was reset (and many small errors or variations were thus introduced). A third edition (based on the 1600) was prepared in 2011 by Wolfgang Landwehr, including digital reproductions of the illustrations and setting the text in a humanist font, and published in Herne by VS-Books under the title Joachim Meyer 1600: Transkription des Fechtbuchs 'Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen kunst des Fechtens'; this edition was reissued in 2018. A fourth edition was prepared in 2021 by Michael Chidester and published by HEMA Bookshelf; this edition was created from digital scans of the 1570, including the painted figures from the Leipzig University Library's copy and annotated pages from several other copies.

According to some sources, there were other editions printed in 1590, 1610, and 1660,^[1]^[2] but no copies from these printings are known to exist and they are probably spurious (due perhaps to errors in cataloging the known editions or mistaken references to the works of Jakob Sutor (1612) and Theodori Verolini (1679)).

In 2006, Meyer's treatise was translated into English by Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng and published by Palgrave Macmillan in New York and London under the title The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. A second edition with minor corrections was published in 2015.

In 2012, Alex Kiermayer translated the treatise to modern German, and this was published by Arts of Mars Books under the title Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570.

In 2022, Rebecca Garber completed a new English translation, which was published in three separate editions in 2023 by HEMA Bookshelf in Boston under the title Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing, the 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer.

a1r - b4v	Preface by Joachim Meyer
Ⅰ.1r - Ⅰ.64v	Part 1 - Sword by Joachim Meyer
Ⅱ.1r - Ⅱ.49v	Part 2 - Dussack by Joachim Meyer
Ⅱ.50r - Ⅱ.107v	Part 3 - Rapier by Joachim Meyer
Ⅲ.1r - Ⅲ.15v	Part 4 - Dagger and wrestling by Joachim Meyer
Ⅲ.16r - Ⅲ.47r	Part 5 - Staff and pole weapons by Joachim Meyer
Ⅲ.47v	Errata

Gallery

Title pages

First Edition

Second Edition

Johan Casimir's arms

Illustrations

Sword A

Sword B

Sword C

Sword D

Sword E

Sword F

Sword G

Sword H

Sword I

Sword K

Sword L

Sword M

Sword N

Sword O

Cutting Diagram 1

Cutting Diagram 2

Dussack A

Dussack B

Dussack C

Dussack D

Dussack E

Dussack F

Dussack G

Dussack H

Dussack I

Dussack K

Dussack L

Dussack M

Dussack N

Dussack O

Dussack P

Meyer Portrait 1

Meyer Portrait 2

Meyer Portrait 3

Cutting Lines

Rapier A

Rapier B

Rapier C

Rapier D

Rapier E

Rapier F

Rapier G

Rapier G'

Rapier H

Rapier I

Dagger A

Dagger B

Dagger C

Dagger D

Dagger E

Dagger F

Staff A

Staff B

Staff C

Staff D

Staff E

Staff F

Staff G

Staff H

Staff I

Staff K

Staff L

Staff M

Additional Resources

The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.

Chidester, Michael (2020). The Illustrated Meyer: A Visual Reference for the 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer. Somerville, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-00-7.
Kieffer, Fanny (2022). "Dessiner le geste technique à la Renaissance : le dialogue entre le peintre Tobias Stimmer et le maître d'armes Joachim Meyer." Arts, Civilisation et Histoire de l'Europe 20: 49-72.
Meyer, Joachim (2006). The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-40397-092-0.
Meyer, Joachim (2006). The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-643-7.
Meyer, Joachim (2011). Joachim Meyer 1600: Transkription des Fechtbuchs 'Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen kunst des Fechtens'. Ed. by Wolfgang Landwehr. Herne: VS-Books. ISBN 978-3-932077-37-1.
Meyer, Joachim (2015). The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. London: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84832-778-8.
Meyer, Joachim (2023). Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reading Edition). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-34-2.
Meyer, Joachim (2023). Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reference Edition). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-30-4 (Vol 1); 978-1-953683-32-8 (Vol 2).
Naas, Laurent (2021). "L'exemplaire sélestadien de la Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen unnd Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens de Joachim Meyer (BHS., K.161)." Martial Culture in Medieval Town. http://martcult.hypotheses.org/1302

References

↑ Schaer, Alfred. Die altdeutschen fechter und spielleute: Ein beitrag zur deutschen culturgeschichte. K.J. Trübner, 1901. p 76.
↑ Pollock, W. H., Grove, F. C., and Prévost, C. Fencing. London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and co, 1897. pp 267-268.

Copyright and License Summary

For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.

Work	Author(s)	Source	License
Images	Circle of Tobias Stimmer	Leipzig University Library
Transcription	Michael Chidester	Index:Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens

[1] Schaer, Alfred. Die altdeutschen fechter und spielleute: Ein beitrag zur deutschen culturgeschichte. K.J. Trübner, 1901. p 76.

[2] Pollock, W. H., Grove, F. C., and Prévost, C. Fencing. London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and co, 1897. pp 267-268.

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+'''''Gründtliche Beschreibung der… Kunst des Fechtens''''' ("A Thorough Description of… the Art of Fencing") is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] written by [[Joachim Meyer]] and printed in 1570. Building on his earlier 1560s works [[Joachim Meyers Fechtbuch (MS Bibl. 2465)|MS Bibl. 2465]] and [[Joachim Meyers Fäktbok (MS A.4º.2)|MS A.4°.2]], it is a complex, sophisticated treatise purporting to teach the entire art of fencing (something that Meyer claimed had never been done before), and represents a significant evolution of the art that [[Johannes Liechtenauer]] taught 150 years earlier. It treats the [[sword]], [[Dussack]], [[rapier]] (both single and with secondary weapons), [[dagger]] and wrestling, and various [[pole weapons]] including the short staff, halberd, and long staff (pike).
 == Publication History ==
-The first edition of ''Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens'' was printed in Strasbourg by Thiebolt Berger in 1570, exactly one year before Meyer's death. A second edition was printed in Augsburg in 1600 by Michael Manger (under publisher Elte Millers), possibly arranged by his widow and her family; for this edition, the same woodblocks were used but the text was reset (and many small errors or variations were thus introduced). A third edition based on the 1600 was prepared in 2011 by Wolfgang Landwehr and published in Herne by VS-Books under the title ''Joachim Meyer 1600: Transkription des Fechtbuchs 'Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen kunst des Fechtens''', including digital reproductions of the illustrations; this edition was reissued in 2018.
+The first edition of ''Gründtliche Beschreibung der… Kunst des Fechtens'' was printed in Strasbourg by Thiebolt Berger in 1570, exactly one year before Meyer's death. A second edition was printed in Augsburg in 1600 by Michael Manger (under publisher Elte Millers), possibly arranged by his widow and her family; for this edition, the same woodblocks were used but the text was reset (and many small errors or variations were thus introduced). A third edition (based on the 1600) was prepared in 2011 by Wolfgang Landwehr, including digital reproductions of the illustrations and setting the text in a humanist font, and published in Herne by [[VS-Books]] under the title ''Joachim Meyer 1600: Transkription des Fechtbuchs 'Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen kunst des Fechtens'''; this edition was reissued in 2018. A fourth edition was prepared in 2021 by [[Michael Chidester]] and published by [[HEMA Bookshelf]]; this edition was created from digital scans of the 1570, including the painted figures from the Leipzig University Library's copy and annotated pages from several other copies.
 According to some sources, there were other editions printed in 1590, 1610, and 1660,<ref>Schaer, Alfred. {{Google books|0egSAAAAYAAJ|Die altdeutschen fechter und spielleute: Ein beitrag zur deutschen culturgeschichte|page=76}}. K.J. Trübner, 1901. p 76.</ref><ref>Pollock, W. H., Grove, F. C., and Prévost, C. {{Google books|OXSZ8FjBfhkC|Fencing|page=267}}. London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and co, 1897. pp 267-268.</ref> but no copies from these printings are known to exist and they are probably spurious (due perhaps to errors in cataloging the known editions or mistaken references to the works of [[Jakob Sutor]] (1612) and [[Theodori Verolini]] (1679)).
-In 2006, Meyer's treatise was translated into English by Dr. [[Jeffrey L. Forgeng]] and published in New York and London under the title ''The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570''. A second edition with minor corrections was published in 2015.
+In 2006, Meyer's treatise was translated into English by Dr. [[Jeffrey L. Forgeng]] and published by [[Palgrave Macmillan]] in New York and London under the title ''The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570''. A second edition with minor corrections was published in 2015.
+In 2012, [[Alex Kiermayer]] translated the treatise to modern German, and this was published by [[Arts of Mars Books]] under the title ''Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570.''
-In 2012, [[Alex Kiermayer]] translated the treatise to modern German, and this was published by Arts Of Mars Books under the title ''Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570.''
+In 2022, [[Rebecca Garber]] completed a new English translation, which was published in three separate editions in 2023 by [[HEMA Bookshelf]] in Boston under the title ''Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing, the 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer''.
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 == Additional Resources ==
-* [[Alex Kiermayer|Kiermayer, Alex]]. ''Joachim Meyers Kunst Des Fechtens. Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens, 1570''. [[Arts of Mars Books]], 2012. ISBN 978-3981162738
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-* [[Joachim Meyer|Meyer, Joachim]]. ''Joachim Meyer 1600: Transkription des Fechtbuchs 'Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen kunst des Fechtens’''. Ed. Wolfgang Landwehr. Herne: VS-Books, 2011. ISBN 978-3-932077-37-1
-* [[Joachim Meyer|Meyer, Joachim]]. ''The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570''. Trans. [[Jeffrey L. Forgeng]].
-** 1st Edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4039-7092-0
-** 2nd edition. London: Frontline Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-84832-778-8
 == References ==
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Gründtliche Beschreibung der… Kunst des Fechtens
A Thorough Description of the… Art of Fencing

USTC ID	660906 (1570) 660905 (1600)
Full title	A Thorough Description of the Free, Chivalric, and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings
Author(s)	Joachim Meyer
Illustrated by	Tobias Stimmer
Dedicated to	Johann Casimir
Place of origin	Strasbourg, Germany
Language	Early New High German
Genre(s)	Fencing manual Wrestling manual
Sources	MS Bibl. 2465 (1561) MS A.4°.2 (1568)
Publisher	Thiebolt Berger
Publication date	1570, 1600
Pages	433
Treatise scans	Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans A B C (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Digital scans (1570) Fgures only (1570) Restored sword figures (1570) Digital scans A B C (1600) Digital scans (1600) Digital scans A B (1600) B&W photocopy (1600) B&W photocopy (1600)