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Kölner Fechtregeln (MS Best.7020 (W*)150)

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Fechtregeln
MS Best.7020 (W*)150, Historisches Archiv
Cologne, Germany

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Also known as MS W.* 8 150
Type
Date ca. 1500
Language(s) Early New High German (Ripuarian)
Author(s) Unknown
Size 22 folia (145 mm x 100 mm)
Format Double-sided
External data Handschriftencensus
Treatise scans Microfilm scans
Other translations Traduction française

Fechtregeln ("Fencing Rules"; MS Best. 7020 (W*)150)[1] is an anonymous German fencing manual created around the turn of the 16th century.[2] It currently rests in the holdings of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln in Cologne, Germany; it was housed in the wing of the Archive that collapsed on 3 March 2009,[3] but it was recovered and seems to have been undamaged.[4]

Fechtregeln contains several verses resembling Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital, but it has few other obvious parallels to the teachings of the high master.[2] However, as James Acutt points out, it does bear a certain resemblance to the syllabus of the Marxbrüder fencing guild as described by Hans Sachs.[5]

Provenance

The known provenance of the MS Best. 7020 (W*)150 is:

  • Created in ca. 1500[2] by an anonymous scribe; the dialect of German used in the text (Ripuarian) suggests an origin in Cologne, Germany.[6]
  • before 1824 – acquired by scholar and collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (donated upon his death, 1824).
  • 1824-present – held by the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln.

Contents

1r Blank
1v
2r - 8r
10v - 12r
13r - 16v
16v - 17r
20r
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21v - 22r

Gallery


Front Cover
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Inside Cover
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Folio 1r
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Folio 1v
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Folio 2r
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Folio 2v
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Folio 3r
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Folio 3v
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Folio 4r
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Folio 4v
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Folio 5r
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Folio 6r
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Folio 6v
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Folio 8r
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Folio 12r
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Folio 12v
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Folio 13r
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Folio 13v
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Folio 14r
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Folio 14v
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Folio 15r
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Folio 15v
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Folio 16r
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Folio 16v
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Folio 17r
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Folio 17v
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Folio 19v
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Folio 20r
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Folio 21r
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Folio 21v
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Folio 22r
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Folio 22v
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Inside Cover
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Rear Cover
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Additional Resources

References

  1. Also sometimes called the "Kölner Fechtbuch" (Fencing Manual of Cologne).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matthias Johannes Bauer. "Köln, Hist. Archiv der Stadt, Best. 7020 (W*) 150". Handschriftencensus. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der handschriftlichen Überlieferung deutschsprachiger Texte des Mittelalters. October, 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. Newspaper article Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung 01.03.2010
  4. Personal report from one of the salvage workers.
  5. James Acutt. "The Fight-Lore of the Long Sword From the Kölner Fechtbuch (MS Best.7020)". Paleoeskirmology Historical Combat Systems. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  6. Handschriftencensus Rheinland. Erfassung mittelalterlicher Handschriften im rheinischen Landesteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen mit einem Inventar. Ed. Günter Gattermann. 1993. Vol. 2, pp. 1319f. (Nr. 2488)
  7. schylt: 1)shield. 2) to push off with an oar. a rudder pole. 3)shaved or peeled
  8. A proverb similar to the one also found in Kal (Cgm 1507, 6r)
  9. A similar description appears in Meyer, 1.19v.1 (Forgeng 2006, 64)
  10. "b" and "a" in the margin are to show that the two plays are in reverse order.
  11. this is not referencing the four positions, rather it is about posture and footing
  12. Bröße: Brosche. A long straight awl or spike.
  13. Pseudo-zettel, referring to the four openings (vier blossen) verse.
  14. A small spear often on a cord, thrown from a free hand
  15. A knedel is a knot or lump
  16. no one is prepared for this

Copyright and License Summary

For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.

Work Author(s) Source License
Images Historisches Archiv Historisches Archiv
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Translation Christian Trosclair Wiktenauer
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Transcription Dieter Bachmann Index:Fechtregeln (MS Best.7020 (W*)150)
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