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Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss (MS Var.82)

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Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss
MS Var.82, Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
Rostock, Germany

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Title page (ff 4v-5r)
HagedornJMRLeng
WierschinHils
Type Fencing manual
Date ca. 1570
Place of origin Strasbourg, Germany (?)
Language(s) Early New High German
Author(s)
Compiler Unknown
Scribe(s)
Dedicated to Heinrich, Count von Eberstein
Size 124 folia
Format Double-sided
External data Library catalog entry
Treatise scans Digital scans (1800x2400)

Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss ("Manual on Fencing, on Horse and on Foot"; MS Var.82) is a German fencing manual created in the 1560s and acquired by Joachim Meyer some time before 1570.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the Universitätsbibliothek Rostock in Rostock, Germany. Like many manuscripts from the previous century, the MS Var. 82 contains an assortment of older treatises from the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer; perhaps the most significant portion is the notes that Meyer added to the front and back, including an outline for adapting the traditional German Messer teachings (exemplified in the writings of Johannes Lecküchner) to the newly-popular rapier. Meyer's portion includes a dedication to Heinrich, Count of Eberstein.

Much of the older content seems to have been sourced from a manuscript similar to Cod. Ⅰ.6.4º.3, perhaps the one from which that manuscript was also copied. The two notable exceptions to this are Sigmund ain Ringeck's glosa, which do not match any other extant version and contain clues to the nature of the lost original, and an anonymous multiweapon treatise toward the back which also appears in the compilations of Gregor Erhart and Paulus Hector Mair, but whose origins are completely unknown.

One final note of interest about this manuscript is that it mentions a Master Pegnitzer,[2] a name that also appears on Paulus Kal's roll of the Fellowship of Liechtenauer[3] and a master from whom no treatise is known to survive. The name is mentioned in reference to a piece of the poleaxe, which might indicate the subject of his teachings.

Provenance

It's unclear whether this manuscript was created for Joachim Meyer or whether he purchased it with 6r-110r already filled in; its history before Meyer received it is unknown. After Meyer's death, it passed into the ducal library at Mecklenburg, and moved with the rest of that collection until it reached its current home at the University of Rostock,

Contents

1r - 5r Cutting diagrams by Joachim Meyer
6r - 13v Gloss of Liechtenauer's Recital on long sword fencing by Sigmund ain Ringeck (fragmentary)
13v - 39v Gloss of Liechtenauer's Recital on long sword fencing by Lew
39v - 41r Recital on long sword fencing by Martin Syber
41r - 58r Gloss of Liechtenauer's Recital on mounted fencing by Lew
58r - 67r Short sword fencing by Martin Huntsfeld (attributed to Lew)
67r - 74v Short sword fencing by Andre Lignitzer (attributed to Martin Huntsfeld)
74v - 75r Recital on short sword fencing by Johannes Liechtenauer
75v Verse on mounted fencing by Martin Huntsfeld
76r - 90r Anonymous plays of dagger
86rv
90r - 96v
97r - 98r Sword and Buckler by Andre Lignitzer
98r - 110r Gloss of Liechtenauer's Recital on short sword fencing by Sigmund ain Ringeck (disordered)
111r
112r - 122v,
123r - 127r
Rapier by Joachim Meyer

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Additional Resources

References

  1. The only date, 1570, is given on folio 123 (between the first and second sections of Meyer's rapier text); the rest of the manuscript shows a few different hands and was likely compiled prior to its acquisition by Meyer. See Joachim Meyer. The Art of Combat. A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. Trans. Jeffrey L. Forgeng. London: Frontline Books, 2014. pp 32-33.
  2. See folio 94r.
  3. The Fellowship of Liechtenauer is recorded in three versions of Paulus Kal's treatise: MS 1825 (1460s), Cgm 1570 (ca. 1470), and MS KK5126 (1480s).
  4. Eisen Pfort.
  5. Unleserliche Einfügung. Illegible insertion.

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