Thursday, October 30, 2008

Fencing School

Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570j


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570i


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570h


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570g


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570f


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570e


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570c


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570b


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570a


Joachim Meyer - Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens 1570


'Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens' (approx: Background description of fencing) by Joachim Meyer was published in 1570 and is available from the Bavarian State Library. (click 'Minaturansicht' for thumbnail images) A second edition version from 1600 is also available.
"Meyer was a professional master-at-arms of the Strasburg Marxbrueder fighting guild whose important work, 'Kunst der fechtens' ("Art of Fighting") was produced in 1570. His stunning work (illustrated by Tobias Stimmer), "A Thorough Description of the Free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing", focused on the entire arsenal of weapons: langenschwert, shorte-sword & dagger, Dusack*, long & short staffs, pole-arms, dagger, Pflegel (flail), and wrestling. While the architecture and backgrounds of the woodcuts are fictional, the figures are literal. Meyer also included a section on the new rapier & dagger largely compiled from Italian works such as Viggiani and Di Grassi."
*the peculiar, machete-like training weapon imported from Bohemia

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(below) 'Fecht-kunst' by Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 is available from Wolfenbüttel Digital Library. {this is the German translation of the original 1606 rapier manual called 'Scola overo Teatro'}

Best known for fully describing the lunge, Giganti was a fencing master from Venice. He is thought to have also plaigiarised a rapier manual by Savlator Fabris (I don't think it's this one below) in 1606. There's not too much around online.


Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 f



Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 e


Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 d



Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622


Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 a


Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 b


Fecht-kunst - Nicoletto Giganti, 1622 c

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