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Modus Dimicandi (MS G.B.f.18a)

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MS G.B.f.18a
Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena
Jena, Germany
MS G.B.f.18a 123v.png
Folio 123v
HagedornLeng
WierschinHils
Type Fencing manual
Date 1418 - 1428
Place of origin Erfurt, Germany
Language(s) Early New High German
Author(s) H. Beringer
Material Paper
Size 30.5 cm x 21 cm; 156 folia
Format Double-sided; two columns of text
Identified James Acutt, 2012
External data Library catalog entry
Treatise scans Digital scan (1800x2800)

The MS G.B.f.18a is a German manuscript akin to a commonplace book, probably created between 1418 and 1428.[1] It currently rests in the holdings of the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena in Jena, Germany. It contains a statement of the Recital commonly attributed to Johannes Liechtenauer; in this manuscript, the recital is attributed to an H. Beringer and arranged quite differently from other renderings (apart from the manuscript of Hans Folz).[2] Given the uncertainty surrounding the MS 3227a, this manuscript could be considered the earliest known text related to the Liechtenauer tradition.[1]

Provenance

The known provenance of MS G.B.f.18a is:[3]

  • Dialect is East Central German with Low German influence, suggesting a region of origin
  • 1783 - listed as No. 183a-c in the catalog of the Erfurt Benedictine Monastery St. Peter and Paulas
  • 1836 - auctioned at the auction of the library of Friedrich Gottlob Julius von Bülow, collegiate council in Beyernaumburg east of Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt
  • 1853 - listed as No. 10 in Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe's list of possessions (Vienna); passed into the collection of the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena

Contents

1ra - 28vb Tituli Utriusque Juris ("Chapters on Law")
29ra - 32ra Tabula alphabetica Epitomae Exactis regibus, Expositionum titulorum Decretalium et vocabulariorim iuris ("Alphabetical index epitomising the reigns of Kings, Expositions of Distinguishing Titles and legal vocabulary")
32va - 53rb Epitome Exactis Regibus. Exactis a Romana civitate regibus constituti sunt consules duo... - ... quod supervacuum est provectis et tantum de isto etc. Et sic est finis.
53va - 56ra Expositiones titulorum Decretalium ("Explanation of Distinguishing Titles")
56ra - 72vb Vocabularii iuris ("Dictionary of Legal terminology")
66ra - 72vb De significationibus anni ("On Significant Dates")
73ra - 121vb Margarita decreti by Martinus Oppaviensis
122ra - va Experimenta by Nicolaüs de Polonia
122vb Pfeilbeschwörung ("Blessings of Arrows))
122vb Waffenbeschwörung ("Weapon Blessings")
122vb - 123rb Armbrusttraktat ("Archery/Crossbow Treatise")
123va - vb Fechtlehre ("Fight-lore") by H. Beringer
123vb - 124ra Ausfahrtsfegen gegen den Plötzlichen Tod ("Preventions against sudden death")
124ra Beschwörung gegen Hautkrankenheiten ("Blessings against diseases of the flesh")
124ra - 124va Pulverrezepte ("Gunpowder recipes")
124va - 125ra Losbuch ("Book of Divination")
125ra - 125vb Recepta contra infirmitates mulierum ("Recipes to counter Female infirmities")
125vb - 126rb Recepta diversa ("Various Recipes")
126rb - va Recepta de cura plantarum ("Sixteen instructions on the germination and care of crops, mainly concerning trees.
126r Beschwörung der Wünschelrute ("On the bottom is a Divination incantation")
l26va - vb Orakel zur Wahrheitsfidung ("Oracle of Truth")
127ra - 150va Expositio septem psalmorum paenitentialium ("The explanation of the seven psalms of penance")
150vb De legitimis heredibus ("On lawful inheritance")
156va Regulae recte vivendi

Gallery

Folio 123v
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Additional Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jens P. Kleinau. "1418 Modus Dimicandi Magistri H. Beringois of the Ms. G.B.f.18.a". Hans Talhoffer ~ A Historical Martial Arts blog by Jens P. Kleinau, 09 July 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. James Acutt. "Magister H. Beringois: An investigation into ThULB Jena: Ms.G.B.f.18a (Bl. 123va-b)". Chivalry. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. According to the library catalog.

Copyright and License Summary

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