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  • ...oman as Walpurga may suggest an allegorical aspect to the artwork, as both names belong to Medieval saints who were popular in Germany. A longer variant is given by Richard Gough, ''Human Nature Displayed in the History of Myddle (1824):
    68 KB (11,630 words) - 16:03, 17 November 2023
  • In this table, the Munich is treated as the primary text and given priority of sequence whenever possible. The Lund's unique text is placed wh ...rself not mistake that more than four are known. Steer, Watch, Wrath whose names spring from their intentions and take this first as not only an example, I
    223 KB (40,299 words) - 03:52, 14 April 2024
  • ...art of the long sword are named, as all are specifically titled with their names and are seventeen in number, and it begins with the five hews. The first he ...with the other four hews that will follow hereafter with their particular names. So that they, with their principles and plays, are not common to everyone.
    98 KB (17,647 words) - 04:09, 19 October 2023
  • ...work concerning weapon use are often brief, but the poems and expressions given in the work provide us with clues as to how the weapons described were used ...ry is knotted to its flag, praise is woven in its mantle. Glorious God has given him for teaching the war against the infidel, and the orthodox path by natu
    77 KB (13,797 words) - 18:05, 21 February 2022
  • | <p>[27] Those who will take delight in shielding against given blows with the false of the sword will turn out to be valiant players, beca ...e to the straits of the half sword, you will keep an eye on the left hand, given that the enemy cannot execute a presa other than with that one.</p>
    180 KB (32,101 words) - 03:19, 18 November 2023
  • ...ory of Fencing'', 1998, p. 92); turning again to Florio, “''smarrare''” is given as “to pare or shave down” and so “''smarra''” may simply derive fr ...phrase “dull edge” is, in the original, “''costa''”; the relevant meaning given in Florio is “the back of a knife”. Viggiani uses it to refer, first, t
    213 KB (34,622 words) - 14:38, 24 March 2024
  • ...so note and know what he says here, "before, after, the two things do", he names the five words; Before, After, Weak, Strong, in that instant/just as.<ref n
    55 KB (9,907 words) - 19:06, 20 October 2022
  • ...Epitome on the Long Sword (how they are each called particularly by their names), so that you can remember and recall them all the better. The first are th
    77 KB (13,964 words) - 21:47, 1 November 2022
  • ...of military exercises, one sees that it is conclusively necessary to men. Given that in times of war we wish to have use of it, what may be more convenient ...ordingly, I wish to know whether in the art of fencing a fixed rule can be given that can direct a man to its true understanding.</p>
    299 KB (52,677 words) - 05:30, 11 November 2023
  • ...ct Chief-Techniques of the Art of the Sword, as each are called with their names, so that you can further undertake and understand them. <section end="13"/>
    85 KB (15,287 words) - 21:50, 19 April 2024
  • ...Gate (Powerful)}}<ref>“Pulsativa” actually means “good for hitting”. Fiore names only a few of his guards “pulsativa”, namely the ones from which you ca ...uard,<ref>Frontale means “front” or “forehead” (The “frontale” is the name given to the armor a war horse wears around its head, protecting its forehead all
    39 KB (7,150 words) - 21:32, 25 June 2021
  • ...art of the long sword are named as each are specifically titled with their names that you can better understand them.
    71 KB (12,540 words) - 21:34, 11 May 2022
  • ...art of the long sword are named, as all are specifically titled with their names so that you can better understand them. They are seventeen in number, and i
    83 KB (14,412 words) - 15:14, 28 April 2024
  • ...r you, and trap his hand and dagger, [and] pull toward the ground. That is names the scissors.
    58 KB (10,091 words) - 19:09, 29 October 2023
  • Here the master names the six hidden strokes, as each is called with its name, so that you can le
    33 KB (6,351 words) - 20:55, 28 June 2018
  • ...he Figures alone it is obvious. The Latins and Greeks gave the Rotella the names Clypeus, Aspis, Parma, from which fashion the Pelta hardly differs, being m
    64 KB (10,382 words) - 03:22, 20 October 2023
  • ...''prime'', ''seconde'', ''tierce'' and ''quarte'', and the origin of these names. Then we shall treat of the divisions of the sword, then of counterposition | <p>[2] '''Description of the four principal guards and the origin of their names.'''</p>
    532 KB (94,342 words) - 13:53, 5 April 2024
  • ...g to the old art, but according to our exquisite new art we have different names, but nonetheless it is one idea. High point, Hanging point, Iron door, Plow ...velin, boar spear, halberd, and pike. Similar ones are given many peculiar names I will not list for the sake of brevity.</p>
    190 KB (29,865 words) - 22:36, 28 March 2024
  • ...nd when it appears to you that they know how to make these botte and their names then you have started them playing. Then they will want to learn. Know that And still I say to you, that when you have made the examination and given them the pros and cons of what you have taught, I want you to make them pra
    149 KB (28,424 words) - 20:23, 5 May 2024
  • ...k teachings; it is unclear why this method did not appear in his book, but given the dates it may be that they represent his last musings on the weapon, wri ...ken'' of the same, for Your Princely Grace, giving their proper titles and names, how I know and am obliged to do, also in good part so that the teaching ca
    823 KB (143,516 words) - 21:11, 26 April 2024

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