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| <p>[1] '''The''' first chapter teaches how one should employ expertise in the long sword, whichever is used with both hands, such as the battle sword, riding sword, estoc, and many others which I will for brevity's sake leave out.</p>
 
| <p>[1] '''The''' first chapter teaches how one should employ expertise in the long sword, whichever is used with both hands, such as the battle sword, riding sword, estoc, and many others which I will for brevity's sake leave out.</p>
| '''Here begins a very beautiful bo'''ok containing the knightly science of swordsmen, for learning to fence with the sword in two hands, and other similar swords which are used with two hands; also including braquemards and other messers<ref>Lit. short knives.</ref>, which are used with one hand; half-lance, guisarme, and similar polearms; daggers; and buckler.
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| '''Here begins a very beautiful bo'''ok containing the knightly science of swordsmen, for learning to fence with the sword in two hands, and other similar swords which are used with two hands; also including braquemards and other short knives which are used with one hand; half-lance, guisarme, and similar polearms; daggers; and buckler.
 
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! <p>Illustrations</p>
 
! <p>Illustrations</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the German)}}<br/>by [[Christian Trosclair]]</p>
 
! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the German)}}<br/>by [[Christian Trosclair]]</p>
! <p>{{rating|none|No translation (from the French)}}</p>
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! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the French)}}<br/>by [[John Tse]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt)|First Edition]] (1516){{edit index|Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt) 1516.pdf}}<br/>Transcribed by [[Michael Chidester]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt)|First Edition]] (1516){{edit index|Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (Andre Paurenfeyndt) 1516.pdf}}<br/>Transcribed by [[Michael Chidester]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst (Christian Egenolff)|Egenolff's Edition]] (ca. 1531){{edit index|Der Altenn Fechter anfengliche kunst (Christian Egenolff) 1531-1537.pdf}}<br/>Transcribed by [[Michael Chidester]]</p>
 
! <p>[[Der Allten Fechter gründtliche Kunst (Christian Egenolff)|Egenolff's Edition]] (ca. 1531){{edit index|Der Altenn Fechter anfengliche kunst (Christian Egenolff) 1531-1537.pdf}}<br/>Transcribed by [[Michael Chidester]]</p>
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| <p>[1] '''The second chapter''' teaches how one shall use their messer advantageously and it has not declined by way of its diverse applicability and it is a predecessor and the chief basis of the other weapons that are used with one hand such as the dussack or dagger, wide dagger or short sword and many other one handed weapons which I will leave out for brevity.</p>
 
| <p>[1] '''The second chapter''' teaches how one shall use their messer advantageously and it has not declined by way of its diverse applicability and it is a predecessor and the chief basis of the other weapons that are used with one hand such as the dussack or dagger, wide dagger or short sword and many other one handed weapons which I will leave out for brevity.</p>
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| <p>'''The''' manner for learning to fence with braquemards, short dueling swords<ref>Possibly referring to the dussack.</ref> and other similar short swords with one hand.</p>
 
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<p>Position yourself against the opponent, your left side forwards such that your haft lies by your knee and your point against them. If they strike at you from high, step in the triangle or a false step and shield yourself short and make a follow up strike long </p>
 
<p>Position yourself against the opponent, your left side forwards such that your haft lies by your knee and your point against them. If they strike at you from high, step in the triangle or a false step and shield yourself short and make a follow up strike long </p>
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| <p>'''The first piece.'''</p>
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<p>If someone positions themselves as in the picture, position yourself in highpoint and strike a failer at their left ear, then they shield themselves in vain and you win yourself a full strike from their strike.</p>
 
<p>If someone positions themselves as in the picture, position yourself in highpoint and strike a failer at their left ear, then they shield themselves in vain and you win yourself a full strike from their strike.</p>
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<p>Position yourself as it is here. If someone initiates a strike, thrust your messer inwards against their arm from below such that they dismember themselves upon it. This is often used whenever you sit at a table and the opponent stands in front of it or else they are on horseback.</p>
 
<p>Position yourself as it is here. If someone initiates a strike, thrust your messer inwards against their arm from below such that they dismember themselves upon it. This is often used whenever you sit at a table and the opponent stands in front of it or else they are on horseback.</p>
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<p>When you notice that someone will try to get you to dismember yourself, strike at them with a failer so that they respond in vain, the result of which is that they cannot attain a full strike against you.</p>
 
<p>When you notice that someone will try to get you to dismember yourself, strike at them with a failer so that they respond in vain, the result of which is that they cannot attain a full strike against you.</p>
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<p>Position yourself against the opponent with your left foot forwards, your point extended well away from you. Place a thrust in their face, then swiftly take it back and hammer it in long. But if they ward that strike, let it run off short and take other work according to advantage.</p>
 
<p>Position yourself against the opponent with your left foot forwards, your point extended well away from you. Place a thrust in their face, then swiftly take it back and hammer it in long. But if they ward that strike, let it run off short and take other work according to advantage.</p>
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<p>When someone lies against you in this way, come from the side and take their strong with the back of your messer and cut through. In this way you uncover them and can come to freer work.</p>
 
<p>When someone lies against you in this way, come from the side and take their strong with the back of your messer and cut through. In this way you uncover them and can come to freer work.</p>
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<p>Undertake the failer from high point, your left foot forwards and your messer in the air with extended arms. Cut through to the opponent's left ear with a step and let your messer rush through a second step and strike at their right ear with the high parrying action.</p>
 
<p>Undertake the failer from high point, your left foot forwards and your messer in the air with extended arms. Cut through to the opponent's left ear with a step and let your messer rush through a second step and strike at their right ear with the high parrying action.</p>
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<p>When someone executes a failer strike at you, cut down through from above such that you take their second strike away from the control of their hand with the back of your messer, clearing it so you are free to strike and uncover them.</p>
 
<p>When someone executes a failer strike at you, cut down through from above such that you take their second strike away from the control of their hand with the back of your messer, clearing it so you are free to strike and uncover them.</p>
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Revision as of 04:19, 16 February 2022

Andre Paurenfeyndt
Born 15th century
Died 16th century
Occupation
Nationality German
Patron Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg
Movement Liechtenauer Tradition
Influences Johannes Liechtenauer
Influenced
Genres
Language Early New High German
Notable work(s) Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der
Fechterey
(1516)
Manuscript(s)
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations Deutsch-Übersetzung

Andre Paurenfeyndt (Paurñfeyndt, Paurñfeindt) was a 16th century German Freifechter. He seems to have been a resident of Vienna, although he mentions in his introduction that he served as a bodyguard to Cardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1468 - 1540).[1] In 1516, he wrote and published a fencing manual entitled Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey ("Founding of the Chivalric Art of Swordplay"), which Sydney Anglo notes may have been the first illustrated fencing treatise ever published.[2] Little else is known about the life of this master, but he describes himself as a Freifechter and the contents of his book make it clear that he was associated with the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer. His treatise diverges significantly from the earlier teachings of the Liechtenauer tradition, which may be due to his stated purpose of writing for beginning fencers.

Treatise

Please note that only the first edition (1516) has the complete set of illustrations, and all later versions are disorganized and incomplete; this article follows the order of plays and illustrations laid out in the original, and the variant sequences can be viewed on the transcription pages. Egenolff's illustrations are rather different from Paurenfeyndt's, and smaller thumbnails are included where applicable. Furthermore, the illustrations on pages 57 and 59 of the 1516 don't seem to relate to the plays described on 58 and 60, since they show pairs of fencers with dussacks while the text indicates that one of them should be unarmed. They are included here for reference, but the Egenolff illustrations (which are original and not based on Paurenfeyndt) are the ones that seem to depict something similar to the plays as described. While the Twelve Rules for the Beginning Fencer are unillustrated in Paurenfeyndt's work, this presentation includes the illustrations for six of the twelve found in the MS B.200 (1524).

Rather than presenting the treatise transcriptions chronologically, this concordance groups the three complete German texts together (including Lienhart Sollinger's 1564 copy), followed by the 1538 French translation. There are three shorter manuscript fragments of the German text, and these have been added in additional columns on the far end of the table in only the sections where they appear.

Additional Resources

  • Bauer, Matthias Johannes. “Der Alten Fechter gründtliche Kunst” – Das Frankfurter oder Egenolffsche Fechtbuch. Untersuchung und Edition. Coll. Geschichtswissenschaften 37. München: Utz Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3-8316-4559-6
  • Bauer, Matthias Johannes. "Economising Early Prints on Fight Books by Multiple Using Movable Half Page Woodcuts". Acta Periodica Duellatorum 4(2): 99–116, 2016. doi:10.36950/apd-2016-015
  • Bergner, U. and Giessauf, J. Würgegriff und Mordschlag. Die Fecht- und Ringlehre des Hans Czynner (1538). Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 2006. ISBN 978-3-201-01855-5
  • Roelofsen, Mathijs. "La Noble Science des Joueurs d’Espée: Fight Book and Commercial Product". Acta Periodica Duellatorum 8(1): 73-88, 2020. doi:10.36950/apd-2020-005
  • Welle, Rainer. "Ein unvollendetes Meisterwerk der Fecht- und Ringkampfliteratur des 16. Jahrhunderts sucht seinen Autor: der Landshuter Holzschneider und Maler Georg Lemberger als Fecht- und Ringbuchillustrator?" Codices manuscripti & impressi. Supplementum 12. Purkersdorf: Verlag Brüder Hollinek, 2017.

References

  1. Ott, Michael. "Matthew Lang." The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910.
  2. Anglo, Sydney. The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. p 46. ISBN 978-0-300-08352-1
  3. lit: foot, but can and often mean the leg
  4. alt: flesh wounds, tag hits.
  5. Likely an error. Crombe is a northern Middle French word for “hunched” (e.g. a person) or “crooked”.
  6. literally: cut through agains their strike. The separable durch-hauen means to strike through something to create an opening. See: https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB2/2DURCHHAUEN
  7. Text cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: er nit kumeñ
  8. the word "hocs" means "hooks", but I believe it is meant to be a loanword for "ox" instead.
  9. Text cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: Wan dir ainer die kurcz schneid vberscheust so wendt den straich ab, so kumpt dir straich wider straich, vnd gleiche arbait
  10. Text cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: so entplest er sich
  11. Text cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: zuck vnd haw mit langer schneid nach
  12. alt: points, ends
  13. Bottom cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: schwert mit dem knopf vnter dein recht uxñ
  14. Bottom cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: schon, die stich trucke mit schnitten sy ab czucke
  15. This is the zwerch.
  16. This is the sprechfenster.
  17. Lit. “Pass in change.”
  18. Pflug based on the German.
  19. Likely translating “verkerer” as “bailiff”.
  20. Lit. turned as in “soured” or “embittered”.
  21. Zornhau.
  22. Top cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: yglichs in dreu wunder
  23. Corrected from »lanngem«
  24. Possibly referring to the dussack.
  25. Text cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: vmbsunst vrsach halben er mag kain folling straich auff dich habñ
  26. Erreur d'impression?
  27. Bottom cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: dar uber
  28. Bottom cut off; added from Paurnfeindt: arm
  29. Rephrasing of Ovid's "Cunctis qui placeat non credo quomodo vivat".
  30. Rephrasing of the proverb from Pliny, "ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret".
  31. Hieronymous Büttner