Thursday, September 25, 2014

Der Fechtkampf, 16th C. (Illustrated sword fighting manual)


16th century sword fight manuscript drawing - Combat Knights 7
16th century sword fight manuscript drawing - Combat Knights 4
16th century sword fight manuscript drawing - Combat training 6
16th century sword fight manuscript drawing - Combat training 7
16th century sword fight manuscript drawing - Combat training 5


Found this “manuscript” about sword fighting at State Library of Berlin, I provide direct link to the codex here
 
Said manuscript but there is no accompanying text, beyond occasional notes in some pages. Presumably it was intended as a training manual. Scenes are fairly narrow in terms of the weapons portrayed, with long swords, daggers and bucklers. Codex consists of about 140 pages, featuring ink and watercolour/ink-wash illustrations.

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