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Opera Nova (Antonio Manciolino)

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Opera Nova
A New Work
Opera Nova Manciolino.jpg
Full title New Work by Antonio Manciolino,
Bolognese, wherein are all the
instructions and advantages that
are to be had in the practice of
arms of every sort; newly
corrected and printed.
Author(s) Antonio Manciolino
Illustrated by Unknown
Dedicated to Don Luisi de Cordola
Place of origin Venice, Italy
Language Italian
Genre(s) Fencing manual
Publisher Nicolo d’Aristotile detto Zoppino
Publication date 1531
First english
edition
Leoni, 2010
Pages 63 pages
Treatise scans

Opera Nova ("A New Work") is a Bolognese fencing manual written by Antonio Manciolino and printed in ca. 1523,[1] and possibly the earliest printed Italian fencing treatise. Editions of the 1531 edition currently rest in the Raymond J. Lords Collection of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts (USA),[2] as well as the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, Germany;[3] the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, France;[4] and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma in Rome, Italy.[5] This treatise is important as it is the earliest work currently known from the Dardi (Bolognese) style of Italian swordsmanship.

Publication History

Opera Nova was printed in Venice in 1531 by Nicolo d’Aristotile detto Zoppino. An earlier edition seems to have been written in 1523 and printed some time thereafter, but no copies of any such earlier printing are known to exist. There also don't seem to have been any further printings of this text until the first modern Italian translation was released in 2008; this was followed by a new edition of the original text published in 2009 by Steven Reich. In 2010, Manciolino's treatise was translated into English and published by Tommasso Leoni.

Contents

Page Section
1r - 6v Introduction by Antonio Manciolino
7r - 19r First Book by Antonio Manciolino
19v - 19v Second Book by Antonio Manciolino
30r - 37v Third Book by Antonio Manciolino
38r - 49r Fourth Book by Antonio Manciolino
49r - 58r Fifth Book by Antonio Manciolino
58r - 63v Sixth Book by Antonio Manciolino

Gallery


Cover
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Introduction
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Conclusion
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Additional Resources

References

  1. Leoni, Tommasso. The Complete Renaissance Swordsman: Antonio Manciolino’s Opera Nova (1531). Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2010. pp 11-12.
  2. Call number unknown.
  3. Call number CGM 57n.
  4. Call number R-24858.
  5. Call number unknown.