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Hans Medel

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Hans Medel von Salzburg

A play from Medel's fencing manual
Born 15th century
Died 16th century
Occupation Fencing master
Citizenship Salzburg, Germany
Movement Liechtenauer tradition
Influences
Genres Fencing manual
Language Early New High German
Archetype(s) Codex I.6.2º.5 (1539)
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations Magyar fordítás

Hans Medel von Salzburg (Hans Niedel, Hans Mendel) was an early 16th century German fencing master. Salzburg is a city in northern Austria, and he seems to have operated as a burgher and Schirmmeister there from at least 1503.[1] Little else is known about this master, but he seems to have been associated with the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer. He may have traced his lineage through Hans Seydenfaden von Erfurt, a member of the Society of Liechtenauer,[2] as Medel's text is the only known source outside of the Paulus Kal's honor role that mentions the earlier master's name.

Medel's name is attached to a treatise on swordsmanship from 1539, including an annotated version of Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck's gloss and an original work on fencing from "the Seven Stances". This treatise later passed into the library of Paulus Hector Mair, who bound it into the current Codex I.6.2º.5 some time after 1566.

Treatise

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References

  1. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde, vol. 40. Salzburg, 1900. p 177.
  2. Kal, Paulus. Untitled [manuscript]. Cgm 1507. Munich, Germany: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1470.