the first page shows a fencer with various arms.

illustration of a half-sword thrust against a mordhau in armoured longsword combat.

The Codex Wallerstein (Augsburg University library I.6.4.2) is a 15th century fechtbuch. The title Vom Baumans Fechtbuch appears on the first page, together with the date 1549. The Codex came in the possession of Paulus Hector Mair in 1556. It consists of 221 pages, illustrating techniques of fighting with the longsword, dussack and dagger, armored and unarmored, stechschild, as well a system of grappling. Download high resolution version (500x771, 74 KB) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Download high resolution version (500x771, 74 KB) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Image File history File links Wallerstein_219. ... Image File history File links Wallerstein_219. ... Example of an illustration of half-sword, dating to ca. ... Page of the Codex Wallerstein showing a mordhau against a half-sword thrust. ... Plate armour is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body. ... early langes schwert dating to ca. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... fol. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... page of Mscr. ... Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. ... Jump to: navigation, search See long-sword for other uses of the term. ... A dussack (also dusack, dysack, tesak, tuseckn, thuseckn, disackn, or dusägge) is a type of antiquated German practice weapon that originated around the 16th century. ... A dagger (from Vulgar Latin: daca - a Dacian knife) is a blade weapon (essentially a double-edged knife) used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat. ... Plate armour is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body. ... Grappling is an element of wrestling and of many martial arts, and consists of techniques for handling the opponent in which the opponent is held or gripped rather than struck. ...

The manuscript is a convolution of three parts, clearly separable by three different styles of illustration. The part A treats longsword, dagger and messer. The part B is inserted in two parts, interrupting the first part, treating grappling. The part C treats longsword, armoured combat, stechschild and grappling.

The swords depicted are of a tapering spadone style. The fighting style is somewhat different from that in the other fechtbücher in Liechtenauer's tradition. Especially the longsword techniques involve a lot of lever work and gripping the blade, reminiscent of Hans Talhoffer, probably executable by most fencers only with blunts, or in armoured combat. The spadone is a two-handed sword used by knights during Medieval times. ... Jump to: navigation, search sitting fencing master, probably representing Liechtenauer, fol. ... Portrait of Talhoffer (pictured left), and his coat of arms, from the 1459 Fechtbuch plate 25 of Talhoffers Fechtbuch of 1467, showing two longsword fencers standing in the ward (Stand beid in der Hut) plate 170 of Talhoffers Fechtbuch of 1467, showing rondel dagger combat Hans Talhoffer (also spelled Talhofer...

Part A is considered a source for the fechtbuch of Albrecht Dürer of 1512. A note on fol. 56v indicates that part B post-dates part A. Part C is probably the oldest, dating to the mid-15th century, the illustrations possibly by a professional draftsman of playing-cards, while parts A and B may date to the 1470s, possibly by one Michael Baumann, listed as a mercenary by profession in the tax registers of Augsburg between 1471 and 1495. The present confused sequence of the pages is the result of a binding in the 16th century. Self-Portrait, 1493, Oil on Canvas Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ravenna. ... A mercenary is a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national or political considerations. ...

Contents

• 1r drawing of a fencer with various arms
• 1v-2r drawing of a fighting arena with spectators
• Part A
  • 3r-14v, 21r, 21v longsword techniques
  • 22r-28v dagger
  • 29r-32v messer
• Part B
  • 15r-20v, 33r-73r grappling
  • 74v drawing of an armed robbery (with instructions for the robber to draw blood from the vicitm's neck for intimidation)
• Part C
  • 76r-80v, 101r-102v longsword
  • 81r-95v, 103r-106r armoured combat
  • 96r-96v, 98v judicial combat, Swabian law
  • 97r-98r judicial combat, Franconian law
  • 98v-100v grappling
• 108v four figures dressed in the style of the 13th century
• 109r register, in the hand of Paulus Hector Mair

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See also

• Fechtbuch
• HEMA

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