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The '''MS Dresden C.15''' is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] created by [[Heinrich von Gunterrodt]] in ca. 1579.<ref>Internally dated on folio 4r.</ref> The original currently rests in the holdings of the [[Sächsische Landesbibliothek]] in Dresden, Germany. This manuscript treats [[grappling]], [[dagger]], [[saber]], [[side sword]] (both single and with secondary weapons), [[spear]], and [[poleaxe]]. The introduction to this manuscripts seems to have been the basis for Gunterrodt's historical treatise ''[[De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatorie (Heinrich von Gunterrodt)|De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatorie]]'' ("On the True Principles of the Art of Fencing"), published the same year.
 
The '''MS Dresden C.15''' is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] created by [[Heinrich von Gunterrodt]] in ca. 1579.<ref>Internally dated on folio 4r.</ref> The original currently rests in the holdings of the [[Sächsische Landesbibliothek]] in Dresden, Germany. This manuscript treats [[grappling]], [[dagger]], [[saber]], [[side sword]] (both single and with secondary weapons), [[spear]], and [[poleaxe]]. The introduction to this manuscripts seems to have been the basis for Gunterrodt's historical treatise ''[[De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatorie (Heinrich von Gunterrodt)|De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatorie]]'' ("On the True Principles of the Art of Fencing"), published the same year.
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Gunderrodt refers to this treatise as book one, but any subsequent work he had planned never seems to have appeared.
  
 
== Provenance ==
 
== Provenance ==

Revision as of 19:43, 21 June 2014

Sciomachia et hoplomachia
MS Dresd.C.15, Sächsische Landesbibliothek
Dresden, Germany
MS Dresd.C.15 01r.png
folio 1r
HagedornLeng
WierschinHils
Type
Date 1579
Language(s) New Latin
Author(s) Heinrich von Gunterrodt
Illustrator(s) Louradus Knobloch
Patron Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenberg
Material Paper
Size 76 folia
Format Double-sided; text with scattered
full-page illustrations
Script Humanist
Treatise scans Digital scans (2000x1500)

The MS Dresden C.15 is a German fencing manual created by Heinrich von Gunterrodt in ca. 1579.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden, Germany. This manuscript treats grappling, dagger, saber, side sword (both single and with secondary weapons), spear, and poleaxe. The introduction to this manuscripts seems to have been the basis for Gunterrodt's historical treatise De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatorie ("On the True Principles of the Art of Fencing"), published the same year.

Gunderrodt refers to this treatise as book one, but any subsequent work he had planned never seems to have appeared.

Provenance

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  1. Internally dated on folio 4r.