The Anonymous poem on Messer and Longsword of the Thott and the MI29 manuscript

One of the interesting poems on sword-fighting is one that mixes Messer fighting with the longsword. It is to be found in Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º, Copenhagen, 1r) and in Martin Siber’s Fighting of the Codex Speyer (MS M.I.29, Salzburg, 3r). In June 2011 I translated and explained the poem in the Salzburg manuscript. Today …

Martin Siber in the MI.29 transcribed and translated

The Zedel of Martin Siber is found in at least three surviving manuscripts. The MI29, Salzburg, the E. E.1939.65.341, Glasgow, and the MS Var.82, Rostock. The latter belonging to Joachim Meyer. I transcribed the Zedel from all three manuscripts. MI.29, Salzburg, 1491 E.1939.65.341, Glasgow, 1508 Ms Var. 82 Rostock, 1570 This is the transcription and translation of …

Explanation of the verses in the Fechtbuch MI29 on Page 3r

In this article I explain the markverses found in the manuscript MI29 in Salzburg on page 3r. You finde the transcription and translation in this blog. Transcription and translation of the verses in the Fechtbuch MI29 on page 3r. 01 Ober hauw ist für stich 01 Strike from above is for the thrust Every strike …

Transcription and translation of the (Talhoffer) verses in the Fechtbuch MI29 on Page 3r

The following markverses are part of the collection of fencing treatises that are found in the manuscript MI29 in Salzburg and are written on page 3r. These had been brought in that book probably by a person called Hans von Speyer in the end of the 15th century (1491). The lines are partly identical with …