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{{Infobox writer
| name                = Nicoletto Giganti
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| name                = [[name::Andre Paurenfeyndt]]
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| birthdate            = 1550s-60s
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| birthplace          = Fossombrone, Italy
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| birthplace          =  
| deathdate            = unknown
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| occupation          = {{plainlist
 
| occupation          = {{plainlist
  | [[Fencing master]]
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  | Bodyguard
  | [[occupation::Soldier]]
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  | [[Freifechter]]
 
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| language            = [[Italian]]
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| language            = [[Early New High German]]
| nationality          =  
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| nationality          = German
 
| ethnicity            =  
 
| ethnicity            =  
| citizenship          = Republic of Venice
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| patron              = Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg
  | Cosimo II de' Medici
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  | Christofano Chigi
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| genre                = {{plainlist
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  | [[Fencing manual]]
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  | [[Wrestling manual]]
 
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| genre                = [[Fencing manual]]
 
 
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| movement            = Liechtenauer Tradition
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| notableworks        = ''[[Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt)|Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der <br/>Fechterey]]'' (1516)
  | ''[[Scola, overo teatro (Nicoletto Giganti)|Scola, overo teatro]]'' (1606)
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| archetype            =
  | ''[[Libro secondo (Nicoletto Giganti)|Libro secondo]]'' (1608)
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| manuscript(s)        = {{collapsible list
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| [[Liber Quodlibetarius (MS B.200)|MS B.200]] (1524)
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| [[Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)|MS Germ. Quart. 2020]] (1535-40)
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  | [[Über die Fechtkunst und den Ringkampf (MS 963)|MS 963]] (1538)
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  | [[Hutter/Sollinger Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.2º.2)|Cod. Ⅰ.6.2º.2]] (1564)
 
}}
 
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| principal manuscript(s)=
 
| principal manuscript(s)=
| first printed edition= Leoni, 2010
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| first printed edition=  
| wiktenauer compilation by=[[Michael Chidester]]
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| wiktenauer compilation by= [[Michael Chidester]]
  
 
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| influences          = [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]
| influenced          = [[Bondì di Mazo]] (?)
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| influenced          = {{plainlist
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| [[Hans Czynner]]
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| [[Paulus Hector Mair]]
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| [[Joachim Meÿer]]
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'''Nicoletto Giganti''' (Niccoletto, Nicolat) was an [[Italian]] soldier and [[fencing master]] around the turn of the [[17th century]]. He was likely born to a noble family in Fossombrone in central Italy, and only later became a citizen of Venice. Little is known of Giganti’s life, but in the dedication to his 1606 treatise he claims 27 years of professional experience, meaning that his career began in 1579 (possibly referring to service in the Venetian military, a long tradition of the Giganti family). Additionally, the preface to his 1608 treatise describes him as a Master of Arms to the Order of Santo Stefano in Pisa, a powerful military order founded by Cosimo I de' Medici, giving some further clues to his career.
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'''Andre Paurenfeyndt''' (Paurñfeyndt, Paurñfeindt) was a 16th century [[German]] [[Freifechter]]. He seems to have been a resident of Vienna, although he mentions in his introduction that he served as a bodyguard to Cardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1468 - 1540). In 1516, he wrote and published a [[fencing manual]] entitled ''[[Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt)|Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey]]'' ("Founding of the Chivalric Art of Swordplay"), which [[Sydney Anglo]] notes may have been the first illustrated fencing treatise ever published. Little else is known about the life of this master, but he describes himself as a Freifechter and the contents of his book make it clear that he was associated with the tradition of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]. His treatise diverges significantly from the earlier teachings of the Liechtenauer tradition, which may be due to his stated purpose of writing for beginning fencers.
 
 
In 1606, Giganti published a treatise on the use of the rapier (both single and with the dagger) titled ''[[Scola, overo teatro (Nicoletto Giganti)|Scola, overo teatro]]'' ("School or Theater"). It is dedicated to Cosimo II de' Medici. This treatise is structured as a series of progressively more complex lessons, and Tom Leoni opines that this treatise is the best pedagogical work on rapier fencing of the early 17th century. It is also the first treatise to fully articulate the principle of the lunge.
 
  
In 1608, Giganti made good on the promise in his first book that he would publish a second volume. Titled ''[[Libro secondo (Nicoletto Giganti)|Libro secondo di Niccoletto Giganti]]'' ("Second Book of Niccoletto Giganti"), it is dedicated to Christofano Chigi, a Knight of Malta, and covers the same weapons as the first as well as rapier and buckler, rapier and cloak, rapier and shield, single dagger, and mixed weapon encounters. This text in turn promises additional writings on the dagger and on cutting with the rapier, but there is no record of further books by Giganti ever being published.
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<h2> Treatise </h2>
  
While Giganti's second book quickly disappeared from history, his first seems to have been quite popular: reprints, mostly unauthorized, sprang up many times over the subsequent decades, both in the original Italian and, beginning in 1619, in French and German translations. This unauthorized dual-language edition also included book 2 of [[Salvator Fabris]]' 1606 treatise ''[[Scienza d’Arme (Salvator Fabris)|Lo Schermo, overo Scienza d’Arme]]'' which, coupled with the loss of Giganti's true second book, is probably what has lead many later bibliographers to accuse Giganti himself of plagiarism.
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Please note that only the first edition (1516) has the complete set of illustrations, and all later versions are disorganized and incomplete; this article follows the order of plays and illustrations laid out in the original, and the variant sequences can be viewed on the transcription pages. Egenolff's illustrations are rather different from Paurenfeyndt's, and smaller thumbnails are included where applicable. Furthermore, the illustrations on pages 57 and 59 of the 1516 don't seem to relate to the plays described on 58 and 60, since they show pairs of fencers with dussacks while the text indicates that one of them should be unarmed. They are included here for reference, but the Egenolff illustrations (which are original and not based on Paurenfeyndt) are the ones that seem to depict something similar to the plays as described. While the Twelve Rules for the Beginning Fencer are unillustrated in Paurenfeyndt's work, this presentation includes the illustrations for six of the twelve found in the [[Liber Quodlibetarius (MS B.200)|MS B.200]] (1524).
  
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Revision as of 19:39, 15 July 2021

Andre Paurenfeyndt
Occupation
Nationality German
Patron Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg
Movement Liechtenauer Tradition
Influences Johannes Liechtenauer
Influenced
Genres
Language Early New High German
Notable work(s) Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der
Fechterey
(1516)
Manuscript(s)
Concordance by Michael Chidester

Andre Paurenfeyndt (Paurñfeyndt, Paurñfeindt) was a 16th century German Freifechter. He seems to have been a resident of Vienna, although he mentions in his introduction that he served as a bodyguard to Cardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1468 - 1540). In 1516, he wrote and published a fencing manual entitled Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey ("Founding of the Chivalric Art of Swordplay"), which Sydney Anglo notes may have been the first illustrated fencing treatise ever published. Little else is known about the life of this master, but he describes himself as a Freifechter and the contents of his book make it clear that he was associated with the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer. His treatise diverges significantly from the earlier teachings of the Liechtenauer tradition, which may be due to his stated purpose of writing for beginning fencers.

Treatise

Please note that only the first edition (1516) has the complete set of illustrations, and all later versions are disorganized and incomplete; this article follows the order of plays and illustrations laid out in the original, and the variant sequences can be viewed on the transcription pages. Egenolff's illustrations are rather different from Paurenfeyndt's, and smaller thumbnails are included where applicable. Furthermore, the illustrations on pages 57 and 59 of the 1516 don't seem to relate to the plays described on 58 and 60, since they show pairs of fencers with dussacks while the text indicates that one of them should be unarmed. They are included here for reference, but the Egenolff illustrations (which are original and not based on Paurenfeyndt) are the ones that seem to depict something similar to the plays as described. While the Twelve Rules for the Beginning Fencer are unillustrated in Paurenfeyndt's work, this presentation includes the illustrations for six of the twelve found in the MS B.200 (1524).

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