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| name                 = [[Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli]]
| name                     = De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge van Schilt, Spies, Rappier end Targe
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| image                = File:Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli portrait.png
| subtitle                  = [[title::On the Weapon-Handling of Nassau with Shield, Spear, Rapier, and Target]]
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| birthdate            = 16th century
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| occupation          = [[Fencing master]]
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| language            = [[Italian]]
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| patron              = Federico Ubaldo della Roevere
  
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| genre               = [[Fencing manual]]
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| notableworks        = ''[[Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma (Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli)|Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della<br/>Scherma]]'' (1610)
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| illustrated by           = [[artist::Adam van Breen]]
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| translator(s)            = Unknown
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| wiktenauer compilation by=[[Michael Chidester]]
| dedicated to             = Maurice of Nassau
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| place of origin          = The Hague, Netherlands
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| [[language::Dutch]] (1618)
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| children            =  
| [[language::French]] (1618)
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| relatives            =  
| [[language::Early New High German]] (1618)
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| influences          = [[Camillo Aggrippa]]
| [[language::English]] (1625)
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| influenced          = [[Sebastian Heußler]]
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'''Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli''' (Ridolfo Capoferro, Rodulphus Capoferrus) was a 17th century [[Italian]] [[fencing master]].
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He seems to have been born in the town of Cagli in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, and was a resident of Siena, Tuscany. Little is known about the life of this master, though the dedication to Federico Ubaldo della Roevere, the young son of Duke Francesco Maria Feltrio della Roevere, may indicate that he was associated with the court at Urbino in some capacity. The statement at the beginning of Capo Ferro's treatise describing him as a "master of the great German nation" likely signifies that he was faculty at the University of Siena, either holding a position analogous to dean of all German students, or perhaps merely the fencing master who taught the German students.
| publisher                = [[publisher::Aert Meuris]]
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| pub_date                  = [[year::1618, 1625]]
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At the age of 52, Capo Ferro authored a treatise on the [[rapier]] entitled ''[[Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma (Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli)|Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma]]'' ("Great Representation of the Art and Use 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 historians, it is neither comprehensive nor particularly innovative and does not seem to have been influential in its own time.
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| pages                    = 118
 
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| wiktenauer compilation by = [[Michael Chidester]]
 
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'''''De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge van Schilt, Spies, Rappier end Targe''''' ("On the Weapon-Handling of Nassau with Shield, Spear, Rapier, and Target") is a [[nationality::Dutch]] drill manual illustrated by [[Adam van Breen]] and printed in 1618. The authorship of the text is unknown.
 
  
<h3> Publication History </h3>
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<h2> Treatise </h2>
  
''De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge van Schilt, Spies, Rappier end Targe'' was first published in 1618 in the Hague, Netherlands. Noted artist [[Adam van Breen]] provided the artwork, but the author of the text is unknown, as is the original language of the treatise&mdash;editions in Dutch, French, and German all survive from that year.
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This concordance uses the watercolor illustrations from the 1629 edition where they are available, except for a few in which the paint obscures the actual fencing actions. You can view all of the painted illustrations on the treatise page.  
  
An English edition was produced in 1625 under the title ''Mars his Feild or The Exercise of Armes'', printed in London by Roger Daniell. This was an anonymous, abridged translation and contained no introduction; unlike the prior editions, it appears to have been hand-written onto the illustrated pages.
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([[Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli|Read more]]…)
  
([[De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge (Adam van Breen)|Read more]]…)
 
  
 
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Revision as of 04:48, 29 July 2020

Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli
Born 16th century
Died 17th century
Occupation Fencing master
Patron Federico Ubaldo della Roevere
Influences Camillo Aggrippa
Influenced Sebastian Heußler
Genres Fencing manual
Language Italian
Notable work(s) Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della
Scherma
(1610)
Concordance by Michael Chidester

Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli (Ridolfo Capoferro, Rodulphus Capoferrus) was a 17th century Italian fencing master.

He seems to have been born in the town of Cagli in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, and was a resident of Siena, Tuscany. Little is known about the life of this master, though the dedication to Federico Ubaldo della Roevere, the young son of Duke Francesco Maria Feltrio della Roevere, may indicate that he was associated with the court at Urbino in some capacity. The statement at the beginning of Capo Ferro's treatise describing him as a "master of the great German nation" likely signifies that he was faculty at the University of Siena, either holding a position analogous to dean of all German students, or perhaps merely the fencing master who taught the German students.

At the age of 52, Capo Ferro authored a treatise on the rapier entitled Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma ("Great Representation of the Art and Use 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 historians, it is neither comprehensive nor particularly innovative and does not seem to have been influential in its own time.

Treatise

This concordance uses the watercolor illustrations from the 1629 edition where they are available, except for a few in which the paint obscures the actual fencing actions. You can view all of the painted illustrations on the treatise page.

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