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| <p>When [you]<ref name="eer">German: ''eer''.</ref> let the blade run off, always remember to set your dagger at your blade, to thus be secure from your adversary’s actions.</p>
 
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| <p>If your adversary makes hard strikes down from above, you can cross against that with your rapier and dagger, such that your dagger is below, and then you can deliver a wing-strike to his left leg.</p>
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| <p>If your adversary fences with false twitches,<ref>I.e., if your adversary makes feints.</ref> you can step back with your left foot, and attack with a straight thrust.</p>
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| <p>Then, if your adversary cuts at your left ear, remember to throw your rapier in front [of that] in the long cross, and then suddenly, just as [you]<ref>German: ''eer''. An alternative translation here would be “if he binds you as well”.</ref> bind him, attack with a thrust.</p>
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| <p>Then, take it out with your half blade, or [your] point swaying.<ref>The exact meaning of ''oder Spitze im swanc'' is unclear.</ref> Thus, he exposes himself on his right arm.</p>
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| <p>In this long guard, at the outset, you must note that you must stand with your right foot in front, and then, when your adversary makes a thrust or strike to your right side, you must take this out with the long cross, and with a movement of your left foot to number 5, make a thrust with your dagger.</p>
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| <p>Secondly, if your adversary thrusts or strikes, you<ref name="eer"/> must attack in this same strike, and with a movement of your left foot deliver a half thrust to his face, so that he<ref>German: ''eer''. Note the change in meaning.</ref> falls against that with [his] rapier, and then make a full strike below to the legs.</p>
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| <p>If you stand straight above in this long guard, and your adversary delivers a thrust below at your body, you will take this out with your dagger, and step forth with your left foot, lowering your blade onto [your] knee, to deliver a thrust to his lower legs.</p>
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Revision as of 00:17, 18 March 2024

Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch
MS Var.83, Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
Rostock, Germany

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HagedornHBLeng38.9.10
Wierschin—Hils—
Type Fencing manual
Date Before 1573
Language(s) Early New High German
Author(s) Unknown
Scribe(s) Unknown
Material Paper
Size 51 folia (160 mm × 200 mm)
Format Text with scattered illustrations
Script Cursive
External data Library catalog entry
Treatise scans Digital scans

Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch (MS var. 83) is an anonymous 16th century German fencing manual created some time before 1573.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitätsbibliothek Rostock in Rostock, Germany. It was previously owned by Hugold Behr the Elder, from whom it takes its nickname, but its original author and artist are unknown.

Provenance

Contents

1r - 39r
40v - 51r Illustrations of human figures

Gallery


Front Cover
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Inside Cover
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Ir
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Iv
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Folio 1r
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Folio 1v
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Folio 2r
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Folio 2v
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Folio 3r
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Folio 3v
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Folio 4r
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Folio 4v
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Folio 5r
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Folio 5v
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Folio 6r
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Folio 6v
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Folio 7r
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Folio 7v
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Folio 8r
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Folio 8v
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Folio 9r
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Folio 9v
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Folio 10r
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Folio 10v
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Folio 11r
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Folio 11v
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Folio 12r
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Folio 12v
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Folio 13r
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Folio 13v
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Folio 14r
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Folio 14v
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Folio 15r
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Folio 15v
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Folio 16r
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Folio 16v
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Folio 17r
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Folio 17v
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Folio 18r
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Folio 18v
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Folio 19r
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Folio 19v
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Folio 20r
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Folio 20v
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Folio 21r
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Folio 21v
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Folio 22r
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Folio 22v
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Folio 23r
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Folio 23v
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Folio 24r
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Folio 24v
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Folio 25r
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Folio 25v
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Folio 26r
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Folio 26v
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Folio 27r
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Folio 27v
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Folio 28r
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Folio 28v
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Folio 29r
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Folio 29v
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Folio 30r
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Folio 30v
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Folio 31r
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Folio 31v
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Folio 32r
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Folio 32v
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Folio 33r
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Folio 33v
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Folio 34r
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Folio 34v
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Folio 35r
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Folio 35v
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Folio 36r
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Folio 36v
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Folio 37r
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Folio 37v
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Folio 38r
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Folio 38v
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Folio 39r
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Folio 39v
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Folio 40r
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Folio 40v
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Folio 41r
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Folio 41v
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Folio 42r
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Folio 42v
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Folio 43r
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Folio 43v
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Folio 44r
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Folio 44v
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Folio 45r
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Folio 45v
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Folio 46r
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Folio 46v
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Folio 47r
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Folio 47v
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Folio 48r
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Folio 48v
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Folio 49r
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Folio 49v
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Folio 50r
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Folio 50v
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Folio 51r
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Folio 51v
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Inside Cover
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Back Cover
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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.

References

  1. ↑ Bauer, Matthias Johannes. "The Fight Book of Hugold Behr: A Late Sixteenth-Century Fight Book in Comparative Perspective". Acta Periodica Duellatorum 8(1). 2020. pp 89-90
  2. ↑ Note, that here the original reads “that your left foot must stand on the 2, and your right behind on the 3”. Based on the illustration, this is incorrect, interchanging “2” and “3”, and this was corrected in the translation presented here.
  3. ↑ Here, an alternative translation for im geleichen could be “at the same time”.
  4. ↑ In the previous guard, as well as in the image preceding the current lesson, the fencer stands on 2 and 3, rather than 3 and 6. However, in the previous lessons, the fencer does step with his right foot from 2 to 6.
  5. ↑ In the manuscript, this line is followed by a 3, the meaning of which is unclear.
  6. ↑ Note that the illustration on page 10r shows a fencer standing with his feet on numbers 4 and 5.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 German: eer.
  8. ↑ Alternatively, this could be “and when your opponent directs a cut, take this out to your left”.
  9. ↑ I.e., if your adversary makes feints.
  10. ↑ German: eer. An alternative translation here would be “if he binds you as well”.
  11. ↑ The exact meaning of oder Spitze im swanc is unclear.
  12. ↑ German: eer. Note the change in meaning.

Copyright and License Summary

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Images Universitätsbibliothek Rostock Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
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Transcription Matthias Johannes Bauer Index:Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch (MS Var.83)
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