De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi (Cod.1324)
| De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi | |||
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| Cod.1324, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma Rome, Italy |
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| Type | Fencing manual Wrestling manual |
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| Date | between 1482 and 1487 | ||
| Place of origin | Urbino, Italy (?) | ||
| Language(s) | Middle Italian | ||
| Scribe(s) | Unknown | ||
| Author(s) | Philippo di Vadi | ||
| Illustrated by | Unknown | ||
| Dedicated to | Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro | ||
| Material | Paper, with a leather binding | ||
| Size | 42 folia | ||
| Format | Double-sided; two illustrations per side, with text above |
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| Script | Bastarda | ||
| Exemplar(s) | Flos Duellatorum (?) Florius de Arte Luctandi (?) |
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The De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi ("On the Art of Swordsmanship", Codex 1324), is an Italian fencing manual by Philippo di Vadi of Pisa, probably created between 1482 and 1487.[1] The original currently rests in the Vittorio Emmanuele collection of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma in Rome, Italy. The main body of text is largely a redaction of the writings of Fiore de'i Liberi, generally repeating the text of Liberi's Flos Duellatorum; the layout is likewise very similar to that of his later Florius de Arte Luctandi. It seems almost certain that Vadi stood in the tradition of Liberi, or at the very least possessed a copy of his fencing manual. However, this manuscript cannot be written off as a mere plagiarism of Liberi, as it augments his offering with a lengthy, sixteen chapter introduction that illuminates many of the subtleties of Medieval Italian fencing.
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Provenance
The known provenance of the Codex 1324 is:[2]
- Written between 1482 and 1487. Gifted by Philippo di Vadi to Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro.
- 1480s-1502 - Held in the Ducal Library at Urbino (disappeared during Cesare Borgia's conquest in that year).
- [Unknown] - Purchased by the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma.
Contents
| Folio | Section |
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| 1r - 3v | Preface by Philippo di Vadi |
| 3v - 14v | Treatise on fencing by Philippo di Vadi |
| 15r - 23v | Longsword based by Philippo di Vadi |
| 24r - 25r | Poleaxe by Philippo di Vadi |
| 26r - 27v | Longsword in Armor by Philippo di Vadi |
| 28r - 28v 38r - 38v |
Staff Weapons by Philippo di Vadi |
| 29r - 37v | Dagger by Philippo di Vadi |
| 29r | Grappling by Philippo di Vadi |
| 39r - 42v | Dagger by Philippo di Vadi |
Gallery
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Additional Resources
- Vadi, Filippo. Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15th Century Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vadi. Trans. Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele. Union City, CA: Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002. ISBN 1-891448-18-8
- Vadi, Filippo; Rubboli, Marco; and Cesari, Luca. L'arte Cavalleresca del Combattimento. Rome: Il Cerchio Iniziative Editoriali, 2005. ISBN 88-8474-079-7
References
- ↑ It is dedicated to Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who became duke in 1482, and is included in a Ducal Library catalog completed in 1487.
- ↑ Rubboli, Marco and Cesari, Luca. The Knightly Art of Combat of Filippo Vadi. Document circulated online.
