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Ambraser Codex (MS KK5342)

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Ambraser Codex
MS KK5342, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
325px
ff 1v - 2r
HagedornLeng38.3.8
WierschinHils49
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
Size 58 folia
Format Double-sided; one illustration per
side, with text above
Script Bastarda
Exemplar(s) MS XIX.17-3 (1446-1459)
Treatise scans Black and white facsimile

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).

Provenance

Contents

Folio Section
1r - 7r Armored fencing by Hans Talhoffer
7v - 22r Luithold von Königsegg's duel by Hans Talhoffer
22v - 33r Dagger by Hans Talhoffer
34r - 42v Grappling by Hans Talhoffer
43r - 44v Staff weapons by Hans Talhoffer
45r - 56r Mounted Fencing by Hans Talhoffer

Gallery

[Black and white images available for import]

Additional Resources

References

  1. 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