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Talk:Codex Amberger
| Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Images | J. Christoph Amberger | Fencing Classics |  |
| Translation | Chris Treichel | Document circulated online |  |
| Transcription | Dierk Hagedorn | Index:Codex Amberger |  |
38.9.2.
C. 1560-1580, watermark on sheets 12 and 13 bear, resembling PICCARD XV,2I701 and 703: Constance 1560, further South German samples 1570-1580. South Germany.
Provenance unknown; privately owned [...]
Contents:
1r-15v: anonymous, fencing book fragment
1r-8r Image catalog Wrestling (…)
9r-10r Image catalog Fencing with the Dagger
11r-13r Image catalog Fencing with the long knife (langes Messer)
14r Illustration Fencing with the Long Sword (see above)
15r Illustration Fencing with the Staff
15v Wrestling text (Ringerlehre)
I. Paper, 15 sheets (partial foliation [numbering] by a modern hand with pencil, sheets 2-8 older markings S/58-S-74), 310 x 185 mm, cursive from single hand; 14r one single annotation, 15v total of 33 lines; sheets 1-14 glued to more recent 19th-century paper with c. 1 cm framing, sheet 15 matted in younger passepartout to make visible the verso text.
Language: High German with Bavarian elements
II. 15 colored ink drawings on recto, by an unknown hand; 14r retains pencil sketch lines.
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Image arrangement and execution: Pairs of fighters are c. 150mm high depicted in dynamic poses with various weapons, ornate, partly tight-fitting, partly puffed clothes with cut sleeves; several figures with frilled collars; strong to covering coloration, internal drawings only to highlight ornamental elements in their clothing, light enlargement through lead white and gold; fighters are arranged before a low-lying horizon with hinted-at floor and shadows; short hair and beard fashions with cruder facial depiction. Image themes: Images of Wrestlers 1-8, Dagger 9-10 and Messer fencing 11-13 very precisely match the poses and positions depicted in Egenolff’s prints; in addition, the works of Paulus Hector Mair might be considered as samples for the Stücke relating to long sword (14r) and staff fencing (15r) that are missing from Egenolff, there are no known texts for the fragmentary Ringerlehre.
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Not mentioned in the relevant literature so far.
