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'''Giovanni Filoteo Achillini''' was a [[century::16th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] philosopher.
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'''Giovanni Filoteo Achillini''' was a [[century::16th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] poet.
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He was the brother of famous philosopher Alessandro Achillini and grandfather of the poet Claudio Achillini; both Giovanni and Alessandro were courtiers of the ruling family of Bologna, the Bentivoglios.<ref name="bio">Falco, p. 9.</ref>
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In December 1504 he completed the composition of the ''[[Viridario (Giovanni Filoteo Achillini)‎|Viridario]]'', later published in 1513 in Bologna. The ''Viridario'' is an epic-didascalic poem, in which Achillini inserted a fencing manual in poetic form. The manual discusses closes of half sword for sword and buckler, and its 25 techniques are closely related to those included in [[Antonio Manciolino]]'s ''[[Opera Nova (Antonio Manciolino)|Opera Nova]]'', most likely representing an earlier version; Achillini does mention the fact that he was using an "original" text that contained these techniques, which was later stolen from him, but does not mention its author.<ref name="date">Falco, pp. 18-20.</ref>
  
 
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Domandol nome il tutto gli narrorno,<br/>
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E come gli mandaua allui Mercurio.<br/>
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Disse Chironne, io non faro soggiorno,<br/>
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Ma ne l’imprese graui mai non furio.<br/>
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Voglio chiascun di uoi far prima adorno<br/>
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Nello schermire, e fieui bono alturio.<br/>
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Che quando un homo ha grande arte e possanza.<br/>
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Il se puo dir che ogni altro al Mondo auanza.<br/>
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Piglia la spada in mano col brocchiero<br/>
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Leggiadro col pie dritto ua in trauerso<br/>
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Dal dritto lato tuo destro e mainero,<br/>
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Accioche tu non par schermitor perso,<br/>
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Passando per parer piu uago e fiero,<br/>
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E far il gioco piu polyto e terso.<br/>
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Tocca il brocchier col falso di la spada,<br/>
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E la spada in guarda alta fa che uada.<br/>
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Se dir uolesse il gioco a parte a parte,<br/>
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I passi, i colpi, i tocchi, i falsi, i dritti,<br/>
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Io uergarei ben piu di mille charte.<br/>
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Basta i secreti grandi io tharro ditti<br/>
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Quanti ne sono quasi in tutta larte,<br/>
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Che questi sono stati mei profitti.<br/>
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Vsanza e a far tre assalti in questo gioco,<br/>
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Sel ne tocco uno ogniun torni al suo loco.<br/>
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Le cose de importantia io uoglio dire,<br/>
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Ardisco dir chio dico ogni secreto.<br/>
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Giungendo a mezza spada nel schermire,<br/>
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Starli in dui modi solo e consueto,<br/>
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Fil falso con fil falso puo aduenire,<br/>
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O fil dritto con dritto, hor giamo drieto.<br/>
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Ciascun esser puo agente, e patiente.<br/>
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Chi fie piu accorto e Maestro fia uincente.<br/>
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* [[Salvatore Falco|Falco, Salvatore]]; [[Filippo Schino]] (2025). ''Il ''Viridario'' di Giovanni Filoteo Achillini: La fonte più antica della Scuola Bolognese di scherma''. Accademia Nazionale di Scherma. ISBN 979-1280230379.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 15 June 2025

Giovanni Filoteo Achillini
Born 1466
Died 1538
Occupation Poet
Citizenship Bolognese
Genres Fencing manual
Language Italian
Notable work(s) Viridario (1513)

Giovanni Filoteo Achillini was a 16th century Italian poet.

He was the brother of famous philosopher Alessandro Achillini and grandfather of the poet Claudio Achillini; both Giovanni and Alessandro were courtiers of the ruling family of Bologna, the Bentivoglios.[1]

In December 1504 he completed the composition of the Viridario, later published in 1513 in Bologna. The Viridario is an epic-didascalic poem, in which Achillini inserted a fencing manual in poetic form. The manual discusses closes of half sword for sword and buckler, and its 25 techniques are closely related to those included in Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova, most likely representing an earlier version; Achillini does mention the fact that he was using an "original" text that contained these techniques, which was later stolen from him, but does not mention its author.[2]

Treatise

Only the portion of Viridario that discusses fencing will be excerpted here.

Additional Resources

The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.

References

  1. ↑ Falco, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Falco, pp. 18-20.
Early Italian masters
Germanic Masters
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Bolognese Masters
Florentine Masters
Neopolitan Masters
Venetian Masters
Agrippa Style
Marcelli Style
Other Masters
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