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Acutt 2016

German Fencing Manuscripts


2012-2013 acquisition projects:
Between January 2012-2013, I spent a year attempting to discover new sources on the German Art of
Fighting (Kunst des Fechtens). I shall describe my method for discovering these sources at another
time.
This research identified 7 sources, of which 4 were previously entirely unknown (Beringois (id: 2 1),
Sollinger (id: 5), von Venedig Fechtbuech (id: 6), Talhoffer (id: 7)), and 1 was known as lost, as
reported by Reiner Lang (Tambacher Fechtbuch, MS.2.Cart.Misc.S. XVI (id: 4)).
Hugold Behre (id: 3) was known, but unacquired. Entner (id: 1) was lost, but was previously known
only as a reference.
The table below represents the progression of my investigations for these sources, as well as their
current status. I have removed the specific contacts and their contact details from this spreadsheet in
order to protect my contacts privacies.
I shall share the details of the specific feedback from these libraries in due course.
In the meantime, the table should suffice to be representative of the current status of my own
investigations.

1 ID numbers refer only to the order of discover which I pursued, as demonstrated in the spreadsheet.

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Id
1

Record
Hans Endter

Reference found
Wiechmann-Kadow, Carl Michael. Johann Liechtenauers
Fecht-kunst. Anzeiger, NF 3, 1856. p144. Leng: 38.1.6;
Hils: 40.

Date of enquiry
None

MS GBf18a (Bl. 123va-b)

14th February 2012

Var.83 (Hugold Behre


Fechtbuch)

MS.2.Cart.Misc.S. XVI
(Tambacher Fechtbuch)

Codex Guelf 38.21 August


2 (Herzog August
Bibliothek Wolfenbttel),
David Lianhartt Sollinger
Stat III, Nr. 25 (24),
(M. Pauls Liechtenawer
von Venedig Fechtbuech.
Anno 1548 beschriben
Worden.)
Talhoffer, 2.MS.iurid.29

Die Handschriften der Thringer Universitts- und


Landesbibliothek Jena: Die mittelalterlichen lateinischen
Handschriften der Signaturreihen auerhalb der ElectoralisGruppe / beschrieben von Bettina Klein-Ilbeck und Joachim
Ott. Unter Mitarb. von Gerhardt Powitz und Bernhard
Tnnies (2009, 182)
Manuscripta Mediaevalia, http://www.manuscriptamediaevalia.de/Katalog der deutschsprachigen
illustriertenHandschriften des Mittelalters, Nr. 38.9.10.
Anonymus,Blofechten mit Schwert und Dolch
Kunst des fechtens Hanns Liechtenawer, Iter Italium:
Ab Bd. 3., fol. 2, Der Grflich Ortenburgschen Bibliothek
zu Tambach bei Wildpark Tambach. Hans Lichtenauers
bekannte Fechtkunst. Papier: fol. Hie hebt sich an die Zetl
der Ritterlichen kunst des Fechtenns datum augspurgk, den
zehenden tag des monatz februarij 1515. J. Schwerer.
(Welle, 8)
Die Handschriften der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu
Wolfenbttel, p194 (von Heinemann, 1884)

Place of enquiry
Partial transcription found only within the
reference. Evidence suggests that
Wiechmann-Kadow left the document at
Nuremburg.
Thringer Universitts- und
Landesbibliothek

Result
Location unknown

20th February 2012

Universitt Rostock
Universittsbibliothek

Currently undergoing digitisation (3rd March 2012) should be available in 2013. Emailed 17th
March 2013, but no reply. Emailed 18th June 2013, no reply. Emailed 24th April 2014, no reply.

10th October 2012

Hauptstaatsachive, Wildlife Park at Tambach,


Staatsarhivs Coburg, Universittsbibliothek
Regensburg.

The Hauptstaatsachive directed me to the Wildlife Park at Tambach (the old location for the
library). Wildpark directed me to Staatsarchivs in Coburg (17th Oct). Coburg mentioned that Prof.
Hausmann, the specialist in all questions about the Ortenburg Archiv, died three years ago (5 th
December 2012). The Coburg Archives directed me to the Universittsbibliothek Regensburg, who
told me that it was reported (by Lang) as lost. Location unknown

6th December 2012

Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbttel

Acquisition (http://diglib.hab.de/mss/38-21-aug-2f/start.htm)

Die Grndung der Mnchener Hofbibliothek durch Albrecht


V. and Johann Jakob Fugger (Vol. 28, Issue. 3, 1918, p.418);
Prommers Katalog, (p. 132)

8th January 2013

BSB Mnchen

Location unknown

Die Handschriften der Murhardschen Bibliothek der Stadt


Kassel und Landesbibliothek, Band 2: Manuscripta Iuridica.
(1969, p.45-47). Talhoffer occurs Bl. 82-366.

7th January 2013 (13:43)

Universittsbibliothek Kassel

No reply. Announced as discovery by Heiko Schwartzt and Heiko Meckbach 18th Jan 2013
(12:08)2 (http://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1359717472218/1/)

2 http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19677

Acquisition (16th February 2012)

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