Compendio y Philosophia y Dztreza de las Armas (MS R4-B274)

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Compendio y Philosophia y destreza de las Armas
MS R4-B274, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
MS R4-B274 3r.jpg
folio 3r
Hils' catalog
Leng's catalog
Also known as Copy MSS Early Spanish Fencing. 1625.
Type Fencing manual
Date 1625 (20th century tracing)
Language(s) Spanish
Scribe(s) Archibald Corble
Author(s) Octavio Ferrara
Dedicated to Don Juan Ferdinando, Baron of Grünburg
Material Transparent vellum tracing paper with a modern binding
Size 33 folia
Format Single-sided, one illustration per side with brief captions
Previously kept Joannie Friderici Nudruchess (1650)
Discovered S. Matt Galas and Bartłomiej Walczak, 2006

Compendio y Philosophia y Destreza de las Armas ("Compendium of the Philosophy and Skill at Arms", MS R4-B274) is a 20th century tracing of a Spanish fencing manual written by Octavio Ferrara in 1625.[1] It currently rests in the Corble Collection of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven, Belgium. The modern copy bears the title "Copy M.S.S. Early Spanish Fencing. 1625."[2]

Contents

Provenance

Contents

Folio Section
1r - 33r Rapier and secondary weapons by Octavio Ferrara

Gallery

Additional Resources

References

  1. Internally dated on folio Ir.
  2. Printed on the book's spine.
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