Cod. 44 A 8
Cod. 44 A 8also known asMS 1449,Bibliotheca dell'Academica Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, is aFechtbuchcompiled byPeter von Danzigin 1452. Danzig was a 15th-centuryGermanfencing master. He was counted among the 17 members of the "society ofJohannes Liechtenauer".
The book reports teachings ofJohannes Liechtenauer,Andres Lignitzer,Martin HundfeldandOtt Jud,as well as original material by Peter von Danzig.
Andres Lignitzer (Andreas Liegnitzer, Andrew ofLiegnitz) was a late 14th- or early 15th-century German fencing master. His teachings are preserved by the mid-15th-century masters Peter von Danzig andPaulus Kal.Paulus Kal names him together with his brother Jacob as being members of the "Liechtenauer society".He may be identical withAndres Jud( "Andres theJew") named in3227a.
An English translation of the treatise was published by Tobler (2010).
See also
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Christian Henry Tobler,In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts(2010),ISBN978-0-9825911-1-6
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20060913000000/http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Cod._44_A_8
- http://www.schielhau.org/von.danzig.html
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