1 gen 1539 anni - 1539 │ LIECHTENAUER Johannes │ SALZBURG Hans Medel von │ RINGECK Sigmund ain │ MAIR Paulus Hector │ MEDEL Hans │ Hans Medel Fechtbuch

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1539
Hans Medel Fechtbuch

Translatio:
Hans Medel Fencin Book

The manuscript is a compilation of several older documents, including records from the Augsburg fencing guilds and a fencing manual that was probably created by a student or admirer of Master Hans Medel of Salzburg. At the end are twelve prints of fencers and wrestlers by Dirck Coornhert, based on drawings by the Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck and apparently printed in 1552.

Hans Medel's section, probably written in the late 15th or early 16th century, consists of the master's modified presentation of the teachings of Johannes Liechtenauer, which takes the form of a sort of "updated version" of Sigmund ain Ringeck's own treatise. The manuscript also includes a section on fighting from "seven stances", which appears to be Medel's own unique contribution to the art. The art in Medel's segment is very similar to the paintings Mair would later commission for his own manuscripts, and may have been the inspiration for them.

A note of interest about Medel's text is that it mentions Master Hans Seydenfaden von Erfurt twice, a name that also appears on Paulus Kal's roll of the Fellowship of Liechtenauer and a master from whom no treatise is known to survive. This may indicate that Hans Medel possessed some of his writings that have since been lost, or perhaps that Medel was a student of Seydenfaden and received some of the master's teachings directly.
- Wiktenauer


Location:
Universitätsbibliothek, Augsburg, Germany
Cod. I.6.2º.5

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