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Flos Duellatorum (Pisani Dossi MS)

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Flos Duellatorum
Pisani Dossi MS, Pisani Dossi Collection
Italy

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Title page, fol. 1r
HagedornLeng
WierschinHils
Type
Date 10 February 1409
Place of origin Milan, Italy
Language(s)
Author(s) Fiore de'i Liberi
Scribe(s) Unknown
Illustrator(s) Altichiero da Zevio (?)
Dedicated to Niccolò III Marquis d'Este
Material Parchment, in a cardboard folder
Size 36 folia
Format Double-sided; four illustrations
per side, with text above each
Script Bastarda
Treatise scans

Flos Duellatorum ("The Flower of Battle", Pisani Dossi MS) is an Italian fencing manual authored by Fiore de'i Liberi and dated 10 February 1409.[1] The original was long believed to have been lost during World War II, but it is now known that it remained in the collection of the Pisani Dossi family in Italy.[2] Novati described this manuscript as an unbound collection of leaves, covered with a cardboard folder with a marbled paper cover.[3] It consists of approximately 35 folia and possesses two different prefaces, one in Renaissance Latin and a second in Middle Italian. The body of the text includes four to six illustrations per page, each with only a brief couplet or quatrain to explain it. This manuscript is typically referred to as either the Novati or Pisani Dossi.

The Pisani Dossi MS was published in facsimile by Francesco Novati in 1902, making it the only version of Fiore de'i Liberi's manual whose images are considered public domain. However, it is unclear how accurate this facsimile is, as evidence suggests that Novati may have hired an artist to create a tracing of the original manuscript rather than reproducing it directly.[4] This would have provided ample opportunity for errors to creep into the images, and might also account for the significant divergences from the artistic style of the Getty and the Morgan.

Provenance

The known provenance of the Pisani Dossi MS is:[5]

  • Completed by Fiore de'i Liberi on 10 February, 1409. Though it was dedicated to Niccolò III d'Este, there is no evidence that it ever passed into his library.
  • before 1663 – belonged to Schier de' Prevosti da Valbregaglia, passed into the library of the Sacchi da Bucinigo family (purchased before 1902, Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi).
  • before 1902-present – owned by the Pisani Dossi family.

Contents

As the foliation of the manuscript is not known, the carta numeration from Novati's facsimile will be used instead.

2a Latin Preface by Fiore de'i Liberi
2a - 2b Italian Preface by Fiore de'i Liberi
3a - 5b Grappling by Fiore de'i Liberi
5b Baton by Fiore de'i Liberi
6a - 12b Dagger by Fiore de'i Liberi
12b - 13a Four strikes of the sword by Fiore de'i Liberi
13a - 14b Longsword in one hand by Fiore de'i Liberi
15a - 16b Staff weapons by Fiore de'i Liberi
16b The Seven Swords by Fiore de'i Liberi
17a - 24b Longsword in two hands by Fiore de'i Liberi
25a - 26b Armored fencing by Fiore de'i Liberi
27a - 28a, 36a Pole weapons by Fiore de'i Liberi
29a - 33b, 34b Mounted fencing by Fiore de'i Liberi
34a Spear vs. cavalry by Fiore de'i Liberi
35a - 36a Sword vs. dagger by Fiore de'i Liberi
36b Closing

Gallery

These images are sourced from Francesco Novati's 1902 edition of the manuscript. The manuscript itself is in the private collection of the Pisani Dossi family in Italy, but is not available for study.

Front Cover
Inside Cover
Carta 1a
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Carta 1b
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Carta 2a
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Carta 2b
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Carta 3a
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Carta 3b
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Carta 4a
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Carta 4b
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Carta 5a
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Carta 5b
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Carta 6a
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Carta 6b
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Carta 8a
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Carta 7a
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Carta 7b
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Carta 8b
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Carta 9a
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Carta 9b
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Carta 10a
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Carta 10b
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Carta 11a
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Carta 11b
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Carta 12a
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Carta 12b
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Carta 13a
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Carta 13b
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Carta 14a
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Carta 14b
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Carta 15a
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Carta 15b
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Carta 16a
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Carta 16b
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Carta 17a
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Carta 17b
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Carta 18a
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Carta 18b
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Carta 19a
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Carta 19b
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Carta 20a
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Carta 20b
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Carta 21a
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Carta 21b
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Carta 22a
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Carta 22b
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Carta 23a
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Carta 23b
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Carta 24a
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Carta 24b
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Carta 25a
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Carta 25b
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Carta 26a
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Carta 26b
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Carta 27a
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Carta 27b
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Carta 28a
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Carta 28b
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Carta 29a
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Carta 29b
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Carta 30a
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Carta 30b
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Carta 31a
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Carta 31b
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Carta 32a
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Carta 32b
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Carta 33a
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Carta 33b
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Carta 34a
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Carta 34b
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Carta 35a
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Carta 35b
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Carta 36a
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Carta 36b
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Inside Cover
Back Cover

Additional Resources

References

  1. Internally dated on folio 1r
  2. dei Liberi's Pisani-Dosi Located. Sword Forum International. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. Novati, pp 29-30.
  4. Lost Kal - Found in Plain Sight!. Sword Forum International. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  5. Easton, Matt. "Fiore dei Liberi - Fior di Battaglia - Flos Duellatorum". Schola Gladiatoria. Retrieved 30 October 2010.