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  • Bio from his article in ''Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts'': ...en involved in longsword fencing since 2001. He works as a project manager of three dimensional design.
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  • ...martial arts of Middle Age and Renaissance, especially the ancient science of fighting with blades. ...of the ancient masters, discussing them and interpreting them to the best of our ability.
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  • ...gelo Paternostraro and Antonio Rinaldi, most fine and famous men, known as the Romans." [[Torquato d'Alessandri|D’Alessandri, Torquato]]. ''Il cavaliere ...o disagree with, explicitly rejecting overwrought geometrical explanations of fencing.
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  • ...logy]], lives on today as the premiere work on the systematic organization of medieval weaponry. ...significant collection. In addition he was an artist and illustrated most of his books, and was also a speaker.<ref> Detail taken from ''Knight and his
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  • | [[occupation::Knight of Santiago]] | alma_mater = Casa Real de Caballeros Pajes ("Royal House of Knightly Pages")
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  • ...sword in one and two hands, Messer, dagger, lance, and poleaxe, in and out of armour. ...ingeck'', ''Danzig'' and ''3227a'') of the tradition. [[3227a]] is used as the main discursive framework.
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  • | Ludwig V “the elder” (father) ...s brothers did, nevertheless his writings demonstrate a considerable level of education.
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  • ...If the Master can perform a mighty deed<ref>A “grande fatto” is something of great worth, like a mighty deed.</ref> and avoid being killed, then God wil ...the point, another the edge, and another wants to throw his sword against the aforesaid Master, so that it will be a great feat indeed if this Master is
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  • | Place of origin = Venezia, Italy ...works of Fiore that doesn't contain some version of the title "the Flower of Battle".
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  • | caption = Top of the verso side of the roll | Place of origin = England
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  • | subtitle = [[title::The Ancient Fencer's Thorough Art]] | caption = Title page of the first edition
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  • | title = Sword ! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the 1570)}}<br/>by [[Mike Rasmusson]]</p>
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  • ...given—then take your sword exposed by the blade in your left hand so that the point stands upright and your [spear]spike ascending in your right hand. ...fall in under him to penetrate in with both hands and arms onto his, or by the arse, and pull him strongly toward you.
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  • | patron = Henri Ⅳ of France ...hat he trained King Henri IV of France in fencing. This likely occurred in the 1570s, giving us an approximate time frame for Peloquin's career.
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  • | Place of origin = Milan, Italy ...leafing on the crowns and garters. This manuscript is often referred to as the '''Getty Version'''.
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  • <section begin="1"/>'''The text expanding from the verses follows from here;'''<section end="1"/> ...your right step go to the other side, putting it under yourself and ahead of your left foot,<section end="4"/>
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  • | Place of origin = Augsburg, Germany ...rundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey]]'', with additional content from the [[Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)|Goliath Fechtbuch]] (1535-40).
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  • ...oleax, sword, and dagger to great extremes.<br/>And here we'll explain how the art can come:<br/>Masters and students will do it without lying.</em></p> ...ters who are very knowledgeable in the art of armed fighting, and each one of us is an expert in this art. Hand-held weapons do not worry us, because we
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  • ...word disarms and throws to the ground. There will also be the remedies and the counters needed for each situation, whether you are attacking or defending. ...ing to the ground in diverse ways. And there will be remedies and counters of every category that should offend or defend.</p>
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  • | place of origin = Siena, Tuscany ...th for its organization and as the first text to fully describe the use of the lunge.
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  • | Place of origin = ...and [[language::Italian]]. The original currently rests in the holdings of the [[fürstliche Sammlung des Palais Liechtenstein]] in Vienna, Austria.
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  • ...n are very deliberate and, I hope, will provide a clearer understanding of the section. ...noun), "hew" (verb/noun); as well as "stab", "thrust", "pin", and "drive". The word "Ittem" appears quite a lot and is mostly used to itemise different po
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  • ...r guard; for his valor he gained the title ''Alfier Lombardo'' ("the Pride of Lombardy").<ref name="Lasagni">Roberto Lasagni. ''Dizionario biografico dei ...journey through France, Holland, and England, eventually exhausting all of the wealth he had acquired.<ref name="Lasagni"/>
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  • ...those who learn my crossings I will grant great fame and renown in the art of armed fighting.</p> ...you at the tip of the sword<br/>I have settled my point in your chest from the other side.</em></p>
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  • | The Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Török, Nr. O.128 ...try, history translations, and his martial arts treatises ascribed to him, the other works are difficult to confirm as Nasûh’s <ref> KARADENİZ, ''Tuhf
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  • <section begin="1"/>'''This is the general foreword to the unarmoured<ref>blossfechten</ref> fencing on foot, note this well.''' | Wrestle well;<br/>&emsp;grab the lance, spear, sword and falchion.
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  • | notableworks = Book of Lessons ...ttributions, but a catalog description from 25 June 1900 attributed one of the manuscripts to Pedro de Heredia for reasons unknown.{{cn}}
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  • ...begin="1"/>'''Here the gloss and the explanation of the Zettel of the long sword begins,''' ...ptic and misleading words of the Zettel are clarified and laid straight in the glosses hereafter in such a way that anyone that can already otherwise fenc
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  • ...ened with great dread.<br/>And if in the beginning I make my due,<br/>Axe, sword, and dagger will I upset.</em></p> ...r t han the spear because the Pisani Dossi has a separate introduction for the spear.</ref></p>
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  • | alternative title(s) = Method of Fighting | state of existence =
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  • ...by Hendrick Avercamp and David Vinckboons, he was possibly a pupil of one of them. ...s author. The structure and format of the treatise is strongly reminiscent of ''[[Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (Jacob de Gheyn II)
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  • ...er reach will strike first. And whatever one of these guards can do so can the other.</p> ...when you circle one foot around the other, one remaining where it is while the other rotates around it.</p>
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  • | Place of origin = Bologna, Italy ...ri and Rubboli speculate that it was written by [[Guido Antonio di Luca]], the master who taught both [[Antonio Manciolino]] and [[Achille Marozzo]], but
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  • | Place of origin = ...s. It is unillustrated, but each paragraph has a large blank space next to the smaller area reserved for an initial so illustrations were probably intende
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  • | Place of origin = Augsburg, Germany ...owned the treatise,<ref>Hils 1985, pp 28.</ref> along with the date 1549. The first two sections seem to have been used by [[Albrecht Dürer]] as a refer
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  • ...extant and lost. The author does not cite other authors within the body of the text itself. ...same collection: MS 2826). Scholars have yet to produce a critical edition of this work.
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  • <section begin="1"/>'''This is the general preface of the unarmored fencing on foot. Mark this well.''' | Wrestle well,<br/>&emsp;bear glaive, spear, sword and knife
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  • ...elf as a native of Lucca, and describes himself as "Ensign of the Fortress of Bergamo". ...ese, who was 15 years old at the time of publication and would become Duke of Parma, Piacenza, and Castro.
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  • | patron = Henri II, Duke of Lorraine ...s named a gentleman, and in August of 1609 he was raised to nobility (with the usual fees waived). Earlier that year in June, he had married Marie Olivier
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  • | date of issue = | state of existence =
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  • <section begin="1"/>{{red|b=1|This is the general preface of the unarmored fencing on foot, remember it well:}} | The art that in play adorns,<br/>&emsp;And brings victory in wars.
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  • | citizenship = Republic of Venice ...Master of Arms to the Order of Santo Stefano in Pisa, a powerful military order founded by Cosimo I de' Medici, giving some further clues to his career.
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  • ...as an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing master]] during the first half of the [[century::17th century]]. </p> ...ronage and recognition in his own lifetime at the court of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Ferdinando II de' Medici. </p>
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  • ...w Captain until 1508. There is no indication of who held the office during the 1506-1507 term, so Falkner may possibly have continued during that time.</r ...tion is based on Liechtenauer's Recital and a messer section based on that of [[Johannes Lecküchner]] (though in both cases with considerable alteration
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  • | alternative title(s) = "[[title::Book on the Art of Fencing]]" | "The Tower Fechtbuch"
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  • | caption = Illustration from the title page of Manciolino's treatise ...dedication may indicate that Manciolino was attached as fencing master to the ducal court.
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  • ...d Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.289</ref> The latter contains handwritten notes and celebratory poems from Thibault's fri ...y, Herman Fontaine 1978 p.288"/> Henrick's eldest son, Christiaen, founded the noble family Thibaut van Aegtekerke.<ref>de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Ge
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  • ...ranslation_Myers_and_Hick.pdf Memorial of the Practice of the Montante].'' The Oakeshott Institute, 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2010.</ref> ...ia de Athaide and a song in ''Panegyrico'' which pays tribute to the death of Field Marshall André de Albuquerque.<ref name="Edition"/>
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  • ...eronimo Jeronimo de Carranza’s “Philosophy” of Arms]''. [[Martinez Academy of Arms]]. Retrieved 11 November 2011.</ref> ...hich he called [[la Verdadera Destreza]] ("The True Skill") in contrast to the [[esgrima vulgar]] ("vulgar fencing") taught by other masters.
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  • ...an of all German students, or perhaps merely the fencing master who taught the German students. ...of Fencing"); it was published in Siena in 1610, but refers to Federico by the ducal title. Though this treatise is highly praised by modern fencing histo
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  • | state of existence = Original hypothetical; multiple <br/>incomplete copies exist ...ne Suveno]] and [[Nicholai de Toblem]]; it is possible that either or both of those masters authored texts which inspired both this tradition as well as
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  • | patron = Fabio Pepoli, Count of Castiglione (?) ...Pepoli, Count of Castiglione, but it's unclear if he was ever attached to the comital court.
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  • ...self as a hatter (''Hutter''), a fact that is confirmed in the tax records of Augsburg, Germany in 1501, 1504, and 1516.{{cn}} ...65.354]], folio [[Page:MS E.1939.65.354 189r.jpg|189r]]; the complete text of Branch C is only given in [[Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS KK5126)|MS KK5126]] (1
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  • | {{english translation|File:The Knightly Art of Combat of Filippo Vadi.pdf|local=1}} ...ter leaving Ferrara, there is no record of a Master Vadi being attached to the ducal court.
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  • ...r, and Wilhalm, the text is disregarded if it contradicts the placement of the illustration in Cluny. ...in based on the assumption that the plays in Cluny follow the sequence of the ''Zettel''.
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  • | first printed edition= ''His True Arte of Defence'' (1594) ...ol in Treviso and apparently traveled around Italy observing the teachings of other schools and masters.
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  • ...er this list of transcriptions and translations and such available through the site. I'll update it as things come to my attention. Inclusion on this list 100% of proceeds go toward Wiktenauer's costs:
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  • | alma_mater = University of Padua (?) | Christianus Ⅳ of Denmark
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  • ...atics, famously turning down Galileo Galilei for the position of professor of mathematics in 1610. ...idemic, bringing its population from 30,000 to a mere 13,000, with many of the academy's students losing their lives.
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  • | ''[[:File:Knight, Death, and the Devil 1513.jpg|Knight, Death, and the Devil]]'' (1513) ...ndscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium.
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  • ...Of the way that you have to hold yourself when teaching others, that is in the principle when you have them take arms in hand.''' ...u will make such examination make sure no one else is in the room but some of your old scholars, because it is alright if they watch you.
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  • ...ings of the Liechtenauer tradition, which may be due to his stated purpose of writing for beginning fencers. ...his presentation includes the illustrations for six of the twelve found in the [[Liber Quodlibetarius (MS B.200)|MS B.200]] (1524).
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  • | title = Long sword [1] '''The Zornhaw against the Thrust'''
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  • | movement = [[Fellowship of Liechtenauer]] ...de him, along with his brother, in his list of members of the [[Fellowship of Liechtenauer]] in 1470.<ref name="Kal"/>
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  • '''That which shows of the polearms''' | '''Capitolo 179. Of the Fight of Partisan and Rotella, one on one.'''
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  • ...in his poems, he requests help from Muhammed V and Yusuf III near the end of his life. ...s a time an increasingly military and deteriorating political situation in the Spanish Peninsula, and there was likely a greater demand for military treat
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  • ...he was Bolognese by birth and might also have been connected to the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.<ref name="p3">Unspecified service to Charles ...(1527-1576), Holy Roman Emperor. It was ultimately published in 1575 under the title ''[[Lo Schermo (Angelo Viggiani)|Lo Schermo d'Angelo Viggiani]]''.
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  • '''Which deals with the art of two handed sword.''' ...r sword goes into the ''porta di ferro alta'' and the left leg will follow the right behind. I want you to wait for your enemy.
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  • ...found in the 1570, and is in essence a rewrite of Part Two of the Munich's sword section. ...writing his translation of the Munich (and his footnotes are preserved in the translation to note his ideas), and I discovered others as I made this conc
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  • ...which it is shown how the training with the edged weapons varies one from the other.''' | '''Capitolo 36. That denotes Sword and Dagger.'''
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  • ...ng|300px|right|thumb|A speculative reconstruction of the missing leaves of the MS M.383.]] ...ight in combat in the barriers, I am going to give memory and name of some of them here:
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  • ! <p>{{rating|B|Completed Translation (from the Getty and PD)}}<br/>by [[Colin Hatcher]]</p> ! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the Paris)}}<br/>by [[Kendra Brown]] and [[Rebecca Garber]]</p>
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  • ! <p>{{rating|B|Completed Translation (from the Getty and PD)}}<br/>by [[Colin Hatcher]]</p> ! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the Paris)}}<br/>by [[Kendra Brown]] and [[Rebecca Garber]]</p>
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  • | Place of origin = Augsburg or Landshut ...be an allusion to the size of the [[sword]]s depicted in the illustrations of unarmored fencing.)
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  • ...art of fencing and the Marxbrüder guild, as well as advice to students of the art. | <p>Record of Honor and Words of Praise for the Chivalric, Free Art of the Fencer, and it’s beginning, Freedoms and Imperial Privileges, etc.</p>
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  • | name = Gloss and Interpretation of the Recital | state of existence = Original hypothetical; multiple branches exist
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  • ...ation|https://msmallridge.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/ghisliero-1587-rules-of-many-knightly-exercises.pdf}} ...ortunately most of his writings were destroyed in a fire at the University of Turin in 1904.<ref name="Anglo 30">Anglo 1994, p. 30.</ref>
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  • | patron = Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ...s activities in London, but as these are largely derived from the writings of his hostile critic [[George Silver]], it's unclear how trustworthy they are
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  • | patron = Charles IX of France ...rd") and printed on 4 June 1573, is known to survive; it seems likely that the others were never published at all.
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  • ...in this table in order to allow comparison (even though that means leaving the Vienna version completely un-separated). ! <p>{{rating|C|Draft Translation (from the Heidelberg)}}<br/>by [[Grzegorz&nbsp;Żabiński]], [[Russell&nbsp;A.&nbsp;M
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  • ...tists. There are a few bibliographical references to an earlier edition of the book, but no direct evidence that it ever existed. | title = Sword
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  • ...hroughout both the Getty and Pisani Dossi MSS, and may be a representation of Fiore himself. | notableworks = ''The Flower of Battle''
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  • | {{english translation|http://www.lulu.com/shop/philip-t-crawley/the-polearm-compendium/ebook/product-20700660.html}} ...fourteen books on military subjects including [[grappling]], fencing with the [[pike]], [[rapier]], [[staff]], and [[spear]], [[musketry]], cutting, and
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  • ! <p>{{rating|C|Transcription (from the BNF scans)}}<br/>by [[User:Wandrille Duchemin]]</p> ! <p>{{rating|C|Translation (from the BNF scans)}}<br/>by [[User:Wandrille Duchemin]]</p>
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  • ....2º 102r.jpg|250px|center|thumb|''Talhoffer's heraldry, including the Lion of St. Mark'']] ...the ratio. He authored at least five [[fencing manual]]s during the course of his career, and appears to have made his living teaching, including trainin
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  • ...ewhat arbitrary in places, but it should give a good sense of the sweep of the master's work. | <strong style="color:#A40000">Here finds one written of judicial combat</strong>
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  • | notableworks = ''[[Paradoxes of Defence (George Silver)|Paradoxes of Defence]]'' (1599) | [[Paradoxes of Defence (Additional MS 34192)|Additional MS 34192]] (1599)
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  • | title = Book 1 - Tableau / Plate XII - Stepping inside the Angle between the Swords. |EXPLANATION OF THE ACTIONS IN THE TWELFTH PLATE.
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  • | data16 = University of Leipzig ...nger), but his writings demonstrate no connection to or awareness of those of Lecküchner.</ref>
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  • ...and quite extensive [[fencing manual]]s. Meyer's writings incorporate both the traditional Germanic technical syllabus and contemporary systems that he en ..., however, apparent in the rapier illustrations of his 1561 manuscript and the dagger plays in his book.</ref>
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  • ...r was the city treasurer, and in 1545 he also took on the office of Master of Rations. ...m de Arte Athletica (Cod.icon. 393)|Cod.icon. 393]]) in [[New Latin]], and the rougher third version ([[Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.10825/1082
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  • ...instances of words and maintaining consistency in translations; note that the contents have not been systematically checked for accuracy, consistency, an ...ms, note that it will sometimes help to search under the root (i.e. remove the prefix).
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  • ...in this table in order to allow comparison (even though that means leaving the Vienna version completely un-separated). ! <p>{{rating|start|Partial Translation (from the Heidelberg)}}<br/>by [[Grzegorz&nbsp;Żabiński]], [[Russell&nbsp;A.&nbsp;M
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  • ...cal Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction. |EXPLANATION OF THE FIRST PLATE
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  • | alma_mater = University of Naples | patron = Alfonso V of Aragon
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