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| name                 = [[name::Francesco Fernando Alfieri]]
| name                 = Die Zettel
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| image               = File:Francesco Fernando Alfieri.png
| alternative title(s)  = The Recital
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| imagesize            = 200px
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| caption             = Portrait from 1640
| image                 = File:Johannes Liechtenauer.png
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| width                = 250px
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| pseudonym           =  
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| birthdate            = 16th century (?)
| full title           = A Recital on the Chivalric<br/>Art of Fencing
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| birthplace           =  
| also known as        =  
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| deathdate            = 17th century
| author(s)             =
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| deathplace          =  
| ascribed to           = [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]
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| resting_place        =  
| compiled by          =  
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| occupation          = [[Fencing master]]{{#set:occupation=Fencing master}}
| illustrated by        = Unknown
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| language            = [[Italian]]
| patron                =  
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| nationality          = [[Italian]]
| dedicated to          =
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| ethnicity            =
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| citizenship          =
| language              = [[Middle High German]]
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| education            =
| date                  = Fourteenth century (?)
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| alma_mater          =
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| genre                = {{plainlist
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| period              =
| [[Fencing manual]]
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| genre                = [[Fencing manual]]
| [[Wrestling manual]]
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| subject              =
}}
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| movement            =
| archetype(s)          = Hypothetical
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| notableworks        = {{collapsible list
| manuscript(s)        = {{collapsible list
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  | ''[[La Bandiera (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|La Bandiera]]'' (1638)
| [[Nuremberg Hausbuch (MS 3227a)|MS 3227a]] (ca. 1400s)
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  | ''[[La Scherma (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|La Scherma]]'' (1640)
| [[Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Chart.A.558)|MS Chart.A.558]] (1443)
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  | ''[[La Picca (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|La Picca]]'' (1641)
| [[Codex Danzig (Cod.44.A.8)|Cod.44.A.8]] (1452)
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  | ''[[L’arte di ben maneggiare la spada (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|L’arte di ben maneggiare la spada]]'' (1653)
| [[Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º)|MS Thott.290.2º]] (1459)
 
| [[Wolfenbüttel Sketchbook (Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º)|Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º]] (ca. 1465-80)
 
| [[Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (Cgm 1507)|Cgm 1507]] (ca.1470)
 
| [[Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS KK5126)|MS KK5126]] (1480s)
 
| [[Codex Speyer (MS M.I.29)|MS M.I.29]] (1491)
 
| [[Johan Liechtnawers Fechtbuch geschriebenn (MS Dresd.C.487)|MS Dresd.C.487]] (ca. 1504-19)
 
| [[Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)|MS Germ.Quart.2020]] (1510-20)
 
| [[Oplodidaskalia sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|MS 26-232]] (1512)
 
| [[Jörg Wilhalm Hutters kunst zu Augspurg (Cgm 3711)|Cgm 3711]] (1523)
 
| [[Hutter/Sollinger Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.2º.2)|Cod.I.6.2º.2]] (1523)
 
  | [[Rast Fechtbuch (Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82)|Reichsstadt Nr. 82]] (1553)
 
  | [[Lienhart Sollinger Fechtbuch (Cgm 3712)|Cgm 3712]] (1556)
 
  | [[Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss (MS Var.82)|MS Varia 82]] (1563-71)
 
  | [[Künnst zu fechten vonn dem Lienhartt Sollinger (Cod.Guelf.38.21 Aug.2º)|Cod.Guelf.38.21 Aug.2º]] (1588)
 
 
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| principal manuscript(s)=
| first printed edition = [[Christian Henry Tobler|Tobler]], 2010
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| first printed edition=  
| wiktenauer compilation by=[[Michael Chidester]]
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| {{French translation|http://ardamhe.free.fr/biblio/Tetraptyque.pdf|1}}
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| spouse              =  
| {{German translation|http://www.hammaborg.de/en/transkriptionen/peter_von_danzig/index.php|1}}
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| partner              =
| {{Hungarian translation|Johannes Liechtenauer/Hungarian|2}}
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| children            =
| {{Slovenian translation|http://scholapugnatoria.si/?page_id{{=}}267|1}}
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| relatives            =
| {{Spanish translation|http://www.aveh.eu/documentos/EdadMedia/TETRAPTICOV.pdf|1}}
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'''Francesco Fernando Alfieri''' was a [[century::17th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing master]]. Little is known about his life, but ''Alfieri'' means "Ensign" which might be a military title rather than a family name. In his fencing treatise of 1640, he identifies himself as a master-at-arms to the Accademia Delia in Padua, and indicates that he had long experience at that time
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'''Johannes Liechtenauer''' (Hans Lichtenauer, Lichtnawer) was a German [[fencing master]] in the 14th or 15th century. No direct record of his life or teachings currently exists, and all that we know of both comes from the writings of other masters and scholars. The only account of his life was written by the anonymous author of the [[Nuremberg Hausbuch (MS 3227a)|Nuremberg Hausbuch]], one of the oldest texts in the tradition, who stated that "Master Liechtenauer learnt and mastered the Art in a thorough and rightful way, but he did not invent and put together this Art (as was just stated). Instead, he traveled and searched many countries with the will of learning and mastering this rightful and true Art." He may have been alive at the time of the creation of the fencing treatise contained in the Nuremberg Hausbuch, as that source is the only one to fail to accompany his name with a blessing for the dead.
 
 
 
Liechtenauer was described by many later masters as the "high master" or "grand master" of the art, and a long poem called the ''Zettel'' ("Recital") is generally attributed to him by these masters. Later masters in the tradition often wrote extensive [[gloss]]es (commentaries) on this poem, using it to structure their own martial teachings. Liechtenauer's influence on the German fencing tradition as we currently understand it is almost impossible to overstate. The masters on [[Paulus Kal]]'s roll of the [[Fellowship of Liechtenauer]] were responsible for most of the most significant fencing manuals of the 15th century, and Liechtenauer and his teachings were also the focus of the German fencing guilds that arose in the 15th and 16th centuries, including the [[Marxbrüder]] and the [[Veiterfechter]].
 
  
Additional facts have sometimes been presumed about Liechtenauer based on often-problematic premises. The Nuremberg Hausbuch, often erroneously dated to 1389 and presumed to be written by a direct student of Liechtenauer's, has been treated as evidence placing Liechtenauer's career in the mid-1300s. However, given that the Nuremberg Hausbuch may date as late as 1494 and the earliest records of the identifiable members of his tradition appear in the mid 1400s, it seems more probable that Liechtenauer's career occurred toward the beginning of the 15th century. Ignoring the Nuremberg Hausbuch as being of indeterminate date, the oldest version of the Recital that is attributed to Liechtenauer was recorded by [[Hans Talhoffer]] in the [[Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Chart.A.558)|MS Chart.A.558]] (ca. 1443), which further supports this timeline.</noinclude>
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In 1638, Alfieri published a treatise on flag drill entitled ''[[La Bandiera (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|La Bandiera]]'' ("The Banner"). This was followed in 1640 by ''[[La Scherma (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|La Scherma]]'' ("On Fencing"), in which he treats the use of the [[rapier]]. Not content with these works, in 1641 he released ''[[La Picca (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|La Picca]]'' ("The Pike"), which not only covers [[pike]] drill, but also includes a complete reprint of ''La Bandiera'' (complete with title page dated 1638). His treatise on rapier seems to have been especially popular, as it was reprinted in 1646 and then received a new edition in 1653 titled ''[[L’arte di ben maneggiare la spada (Francesco Fernando Alfieri)|L’arte di ben maneggiare la spada]]'' ("The Art of Handling the Sword Well"), which not only includes the entirety of the 1640 edition, but also adds a concluding section on the [[spadone]].
  
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Revision as of 18:09, 25 August 2017

Francesco Fernando Alfieri

Portrait from 1640
Born 16th century (?)
Died 17th century
Occupation Fencing master
Nationality Italian
Genres Fencing manual
Language Italian
Notable work(s)

Francesco Fernando Alfieri was a 17th century Italian fencing master. Little is known about his life, but Alfieri means "Ensign" which might be a military title rather than a family name. In his fencing treatise of 1640, he identifies himself as a master-at-arms to the Accademia Delia in Padua, and indicates that he had long experience at that time

In 1638, Alfieri published a treatise on flag drill entitled La Bandiera ("The Banner"). This was followed in 1640 by La Scherma ("On Fencing"), in which he treats the use of the rapier. Not content with these works, in 1641 he released La Picca ("The Pike"), which not only covers pike drill, but also includes a complete reprint of La Bandiera (complete with title page dated 1638). His treatise on rapier seems to have been especially popular, as it was reprinted in 1646 and then received a new edition in 1653 titled L’arte di ben maneggiare la spada ("The Art of Handling the Sword Well"), which not only includes the entirety of the 1640 edition, but also adds a concluding section on the spadone.

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