Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten (Cod.Guelf.264.23.Extrav.)

Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten
Cod.Guelf.264.23.Extrav., Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany
First title page (ff 1v-2r)
Hagedorn — Leng —
Wierschin 47 Hils —
Type	Fencing manual
Date	1657
Place of origin	Sorø, Denmark
Language(s)	New High German
Author(s)	anonymous student
Material	Paper
Size	47 folia (160 mm × 200 mm)
Format	Double-sided
Script	Cursive
External data	Library catalog entry
Treatise scans	Digital scans (2000x2400)

Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten ("Fechtbuch by an Unnamed Student"; Codex Guelf 264.23 Extravagantes) is a German fencing manual created in 1657. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. The anonymous author attended the Ritterakademie in Sorø, Denmark in or before 1657, and seems to have been a student of either Hans Wilhelm Schöffer or Hans Wilhelm Eller.

This manuscript is very unusual in that it presents fencing teachings from the perspective of the student learning them rather than a master offering instruction.

Contents

1r - 2v	Anonymous flag-waving techniques
3r - 4v	Blank
5r - 11r	Anonymous rapier techniques
11v - 17v	Blank
18r - 31r	Anonymous rapier techniques
31v - 34v	Blank
35r - 46r	Anonymous rapier and dagger techniques
47rv	Instructions for a game by Duke Christian Augusts

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Copyright and License Summary

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Work	Author(s)	Source	License
Images	Herzog August Bibliothek	Herzog August Bibliothek
Translation	Reinier van Noort, Jan Schäfer	HROARR: part 1, part 2
Transcription	Jan Schäfer	Index:Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten (Cod.Guelf.264.23.Extrav.)