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The pages of the manuscript are vellum, [7] the 32 parchment folia (64 pages) of the manuscript show Latin text written in a clerical hand, using the various sigla which were standard at the time (but which fell out of use at the end of the medieval period; an image from the manuscript (the second image on fol 26r) was copied into Codex Guelf ...
The first document of German heritage which shows fencing techniques is the Royal Armouries Ms.I.33, which was written around 1300.The next documents date from approximately a century later, when records of the tradition attributed to the 14th-century master Johannes Liechtenauer begin to appear.
The Swordsman's Companion: A Modern Training Manual for Medieval Longsword. Union City, Calif.: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 2004. Print. ISBN 1-891448-41-2; Windsor, Guy. The Duellist's Companion: a Training Manual for 17th Century Italian Rapier. Highland Village, TX.: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 2006. Print. ISBN 1-891448-32-3
Thibault's preferred weapon is the rapier, and he describes its use against a multitude of opposing weapons such as rapier and dagger, longsword, and even early firearms. [ 2 ] : 401–489 Although many of his contemporaries provided instruction in the use of offhand weapons, Thibault only gave instruction in the use of a single weapon ...
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1r, a drawing of a fencer with various arms, still used as a title page in the convoluted ms. and inscribed with Paulus Hector's name. 1v-2r, a double page illustration showing a fighting arena with spectators; 76r-80v, 101r-102v longsword; 81r-91v, [fol. 92 empty] 93r-95v, 103r-108r armoured combat; 96r-96v, 98v judicial combat, Swabian law ...
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A police dog has been injured in an incident that saw armed officers track a van suspected of carrying weapons. West Midlands Police said the van was spotted by officers on Saturday morning using ...