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Ambraser Codex (MS KK5342)
Ambraser Codex | |||||
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MS KK5342, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria | |||||
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Also known as | Codex Nr. 55 Ambras | ||||
Type | |||||
Date | between 1480 and 1500 | ||||
Language(s) | Early New High German | ||||
Author(s) | Hans Talhoffer | ||||
Scribe(s) | Unknown | ||||
Illustrator(s) | Unknown | ||||
Dedicated to | Luithold von Königsegg | ||||
Material | Paper | ||||
Size | 58 folia (310 mm x 215 mm) | ||||
Format | Double-sided; one illustration per side, with text above | ||||
Exemplar(s) | MS XIX.17-3 (1446-1459) | ||||
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The MS KK5342 was copied between 1480 and 1500 from the MS XIX.17-3,[1] a German fencing manual created by Hans Talhoffer between 1446 and 1459. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. Hils assumed that Talhoffer was involved in this manuscript's creation and dated it to the same period as the XIX.17-3, but more recent watermark analysis shows that it was created after 1480 (and therefore probably after Talhoffer's lifetime).
Contents
Provenance
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Only the fragmentary facsimile from Hergsell is currently available.
Additional Resources
- Hergsell, Gustav, and Talhoffer, Hans. Livre d'escrime de Talhoffer (manuscrit d'Ambras) de l'an 1459. Prague: Chez L'Auteur, 1890.
- Hergsell, Gustav, and Talhoffer, Hans. Talhoffers Fechtbuch (Ambraser Codex) aus dem Jahre 1459: gerichtliche und andere Zweikämpfe darstellend. Prague: J.G. Calve, 1889.
- Knight, Hugh T., Jr. The Ambraser Codex by Master Hans Talhoffer. Lulu, 2009. ISBN 978-0-557-38531-7
References
- ↑ Leng, Rainer. Katalog der deutschsprachigen illustrierten Handschriften des Mittelalters, Band 4/2, Lieferung 1/2 – 38. Fecht- und Ringbücher. Munich: C. H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2008. pp 58
Copyright and License Summary
For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.
Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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Images | Gustav Hergsell | Talhoffers Fechtbuch (Ambraser Codex) aus dem Jahre 1459 | |
Transcription | Gustav Hergsell | Index:Ambraser Codex (MS KK5342) |