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Pol Hausbuch
MS 3227ª, Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Nuremberg, Germany

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ff 13v - 14r
HagedornNLeng38.1.4
Wierschin30Hils41
Type Commonplace book
Date ca. 1400s
Language(s)
Author(s)
Compiler Unknown
Material Paper and parchment, in a leather
binding
Size 169 folia (105 mm × 145 mm)
Format Double-sided, with black and red ink
External data Museum catalog entry
Treatise scans
Other translations

The Nicolas Pol Hausbuch (MS 3227a, sometimes called the Nuremberg Hausbuch) is a German commonplace book (or Hausbuch in German) thought to have been created some time between 1389 and 1532.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany. It is sometimes erroneously attributed to Hans "Hanko" Döbringer,[2] when in fact he is but one of the four authors of a brief addendum to Johannes Liechtenauer's art of long sword fencing, which is also the only fencing material in the manuscript that appears in any other fencing manual. The rest of the manuscript is a typical example of a commonplace book, containing a variety of unrelated writings on mundane and esoteric topics, including fencing and grappling, but for this reason, the anonymous author of the rest of the fencing material is sometimes known as Pseudo-Hans Döbringer. Pseudo-Döbringer's writings seem to consist of commentary on and expansion of the teachings of Liechtenauer, and it is even speculated that he was still alive at the time of the writing.[3]

Christian Tobler argues that it is unjustified to assume a date of 1389 based purely on the presence of a century-long calendar.[4] The eclectic nature of commonplace books means that the calendar could easily have been an old calendar or even a future one. As the date of the Pol Hausbuch is also used to estimate the time period of Liechtenauer's career, this is a significant error. (Using it to date Liechtenauer is further complicated by the fact that even if he were alive when the fencing treatise was written, the version in this manuscript is potentially a later copy rather than the original.)[5] An upper limit on the origin of the manuscript is often estimated based on the date in the front cover, which seems to indicate that Nicolaus Pol owned it in 1494, but that's a misinterpretation Pol received his doctorate in 1494, and all books from his library follow his name with "Doctor, 1494".

Provenance

Contents

1r - 5v Liber Ignium by Marcus Graecus
5v
6r Recipes for powders used for painting
6v - 10v Latin recipes (paint, alchemy, medicine)
11r - 12r Von dem herten by "Master Alchemy"
12v - 13r Alchemical recipes in Latin
13v - 17v Fencing advice by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
18r - 40r Gloss of Liechtenauer's long sword by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
43r - 52v Long sword by Andres Juden, Jobs von der Nyssen, Nicklass Prewßen, and "the Priest" Hans Döbringer
53r - 59v Recital on mounted fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer
60r - 61r Recital on short sword by Johannes Liechtenauer
64r - 65r Conclusion of the teachings of Liechtenauer by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
66v - 67r Astrological texts, magical and medicinal recipes, name magic
67v
68r - 73v Astrological texts, magical and medicinal recipes, name magic
74r Sword and buckler teachings by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
74v - 77v Recipes for paint, tumors, metal and ivory treatment
78r Staff teachings by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
79r - 81v Miscellaneous Latin recipes, treatment of gems, preparation of a miraculous potion
82rv Messer teachings by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
83v Interval between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday for years 1390-1495
84r - 85r Dagger teachings by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
85r - 85v, 86v Magical recipes
86r, 87r - 89r Grappling teachings by Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
90v - 91v Medical Recipes for the Mouth and Teeth
92r
92r - 161v Various alchemical recipes, food recipes, nonsense recipes, in various hands
109r, 113v, 119v - 120r
161v - 165v "Horse pharmacopeia" (Rossarzneibuch) by Master Albrant
166r - 169v Index to the recipes in the manuscript, partly illegible

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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. The date of 1389 is based on the presence of a sort of "calendar" on folio 83v that begins in 1390, while 1532 the year its earliest known owner, Nicolaus Pol, died.
  2. The attribution to Döbringer is based on how prominently the name "Hanko pfaffen Döbringers" appears to be displayed on folio 43r, but upon examination this is revealed as a simple correction inserted in the margin, indicating that Döbringer's name had been accidentally omitted from the list of four authors of the treatise beginning on that page. Attributing this manuscript to Döbringer therefore requires him to have forgotten to include his own name in his own treatise.
  3. The manuscript uniformly lacks the traditional prayer for the dead when mentioning his name.
  4. This isn't a calendar in any conventional sense, but rather a simple list of the number of weeks between the holidays of Epiphany and Ash Wednesday in each of the years.
  5. Tobler, Christian Henry. "Chicken and Eggs: Which Master Came First?" In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts. Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2010.
  6. Revision or stain.
  7. At this point, there is a cross-shaped marking spanning two lines whose meaning is unclear.
  8. Reading unclear.
  9. Bottom line difficult to decipher.
  10. Ehlert expands to ‘verumteman’. But compare 109r line 6.
  11. Single cross as metamark.

Copyright and License Summary

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

Work Author(s) Source License
Images Germanisches Nationalmuseum Digitale Bibliothek
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Translation (5v, 67v) Ondrej Vodicka Wiktenauer
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Translation (11r - 12r) Jeffrey Hull "Fight-Book Clues to the Quality and Build of Knightly Weaponry"
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Transcription Dierk Hagedorn, Jeffrey Hull, Helmut Werner Klug, Ondrej Vodicka, et al. Index:Pol Hausbuch (MS 3227a)
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