The MS 78.A.15 is a German fencing manual commissioned by Hans Talhoffer, probably in the 1450s.[citation needed] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin, Germany. This manuscript appears to be an expanded version of the earlier MS XIX.17-3. The present, confused sequence of plays is probably due to the pages being shuffled during a rebinding.
Provenance
Contents
Folio
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Section
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Irv
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Rear matter
English Translation
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Transcription
by Dierk Hagedorn
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Cover, back
[on a glued-on piece of paper]
78. A 15
[In modern writing]
63r. Da stat her dauid vnd buppellm vom stain gebrueder vn(d) hand die kunst die in disem büch stat gelernndt von hansen dalhofer
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End paper, right page
InvNo. 3469
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End paper, left page
[Empty page]
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1r - 27v, 37r
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Armored fencing by Hans Talhoffer
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28r - 32r
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Mounted fencing by Hans Talhoffer
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32v, 38rv, 43r - 44v, 51r - 53v, 57r - 59v, 61r
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Grappling by Hans Talhoffer
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33rv, 45rv, 55r - 56v
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Spear by Hans Talhoffer
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33r - 36v, 39r - 42v, 46r - 50v
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Dagger by Hans Talhoffer
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37v, 62r - 77v
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Longshield by Hans Talhoffer
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54rv
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Sword and Buckler by Hans Talhoffer
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60rv
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Flail by Hans Talhoffer
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