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Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS Chart.B.1021)

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Paulus Kal Fechtbuch
MS Chart.B.1021, Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha
Gotha, Germany
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ff 11v-12r
HagedornLeng38.5.2
Wierschin6Hils19
Type
Date ca. 1542
Language(s) Early New High German
Author(s)
Illustrator(s) Unknown
Material Paper, with a modern binding
Size 68 folia
Format Double-sided; one uncaptioned
illustration per side
Script Bastarda
Exemplar(s) Cgm 1507 (ca. 1470)

The MS Chart.B.1021 is a German fencing manual based on the works of Paulus Kal, probably created in ca. 1542.[citation needed] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha in Gotha, Germany.

Kal's treatise consists of a partial redaction of the writings of Johannes Liechtenauer on Kampffechten, Roßfechten, and Bloßfechten, as well as Kal's own teachings on a variety of other weapons. It differs from the works of other followers of Liechtenauer in that instead of offering extensive glosses of the high master's verses, Kal explains them with detailed illustrations. This manuscript appears to be an inferior, text-less copy of the Cgm 1507 (the principal copy of Kal's work).

Provenance

Contents

Folio Section
1v - 2r Preface by Paulus Kal
3v - 13r Roßfechten by Johannes Liechtenauer (fragment)
14v - 17r Armored poleaxe by Paulus Kal
17v - 29r Kampffechten by Johannes Liechtenauer (fragment)
29v - 46r Bloßfechten by Johannes Liechtenauer (fragment)
47r - 48v Messer by Paulus Kal
50r - 54v Dagger by Paulus Kal
55r - 63r Grappling by Paulus Kal

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