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Fechtschwert, Federschwert, paratschwert, flared schilt

"Von Danzig" fechtbuch 1452. The background has been lightened to emphasize the fencing master and the sword.<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Gladiatoria Cod.Guelf.78.2-Aug.2-2r ca1465<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Talhoffer 1467
Paulus Kal 1470
Solothurner Fechtbuch (Cod.S.554) 1470<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Hausbuch Wolfegg 1489
Gladiatoria CL23842 ca1490
Peter Falkner KK5012 1495
Glasgow-fechtbuch E.1939.65.341 1508
Berlin Sketchbook Libr.Pict.A.83 ca 1510
Codex Amberger 1512
Goliath 1515<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Andre Paurñfeyndt "Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst<br /> der Fechterey" 1516
Trachtenbuch des Matthaus Schwarz aus Augsburg 1518
Jörg Wilhalm CGM3711 1522
Jörg Wilhalm Cod.1.6.4.5, 1522.
Jörg Wilhalm Cod.1.6.4.5, 1522.
Jörg Wilhalm Cod.I.6.2°.2 1523
"Triumphzug Kaiser Maximillians" 1526<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/articles/article-federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword.php
Hans Medel Codex 1.6.2.5 1539
Paulus Hector Mair "De Arte Athletica I" Cod.Icon.393 1542
Paulus Hector Mair C93 1542
Jörg Breu Sketchbook Cod.I.6.2°.4 1545
Rast Fechtbuch Reichsstadt Schätze Nr. 82 1552
Jörg Wilhalm CGM3712 1556
Hans Lebkommer "Fechtbüch die Ritterliche Manniche Kunst..." 1558
Franz Isaac Brun, Presbourg (Bratislava) *1535 , 1555-†1610, Strasbourg.<br /> <br /> Note the very long federschwert on the right.
Phillip Galle "Europa" ca 1550<br /> <br /> Top left corner. Not too dissimilar to a federschwert. Compare to the images from Meyer and Mair.
Joachim Meyer 1570<br /> <br /> Federschwert lying in the foreground
Joachim Meyer 1570<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Campus activites at the University of Tubingen, Wirttemberg 1589<br /> <br /> "Here is fencing master Pollux's noisy training hall. here he trains them to be willing to overcome the threats of the natives. Here sickle cross with sickle, and sword cross sword. Here the hand every day practises in fighting."<br /> <br /> Translated by Per Magnus Haaland
Jacob Sutor 1612
By Balthasar Kuchler, 1611
From "Emblemata Nova", 1617<br /> by Friedrich Andreas<br /> <br /> The bidenhänder look kind of interesting, with the parierhaken extending straight from the schilt and cross. Quite similar to the blades depicted in Meyer's 1570 treatise.<br /> <br /> The depiction is of course a bit "artistic", but interesting nevertheless.
From "Emblemata Nova", 1617<br /> by Friedrich Andreas
From "Emblemata Nova", 1617<br /> by Friedrich Andreas
From "Emblemata Nova", 1617<br /> by Friedrich Andreas
"Schwedische Rettung der Christlichen Kirchen" (detail) from 1631.<br /> <br /> King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden liberating German cities from the Catholic Church.<br /> <br /> The schilt of the sword is interesting. Perhaps not really what one would consider a "federschwert", but it may be part of the fuller picture of why a federschwert is designed the way it is. Apart from the other reasons suggested in the article at Hroarr.com it may also simply be a question of reinforcing the part of the blade that takes the most beating.
"Schwedische Rettung der Christlichen Kirchen" (detail) from 1631.<br /> <br /> King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden liberating German cities from the Catholic Church.<br /> <br /> The schilt of the sword is interesting. Perhaps not really what one would consider a "federschwert", but it may be part of the fuller picture of why a federschwert is designed the way it is. Apart from the other reasons suggested in the article at Hroarr.com it may also simply be a question of reinforcing the part of the blade that takes the most beating.
Paul Peter Rubens - detail of "Saint Paul" 1657.<br /> <br /> This one is a bit different, since the schildt is narrower than the rest of the blade, as opposed to the fechtschwerte that have flared schildt.<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Paul Peter Rubens - "Saint Paul" 1657.<br /> <br /> This one is a bit different, since the schildt is narrower than the rest of the blade, as opposed to the fechtschwerte that have flared schildt.<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Askeri Moze,Istanbul<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Askeri Moze,Istanbul<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Askeri Moze,Istanbul<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Old photo from 1893, from the South-East group in the Zeughaus of Zürich with one of the 3 fechtschwerter that is now kept at the Landesmuseum of Zürich displayed at the lower left.
Schweizerische Landesmuseum Zürich. The right one has been on loan to Musée de Cluny in Paris.
Schweizerische Landesmuseum, Zürich<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Schweizerische Landesmuseum, Zürich. This one has been on loan to Musée de Cluny in Paris.<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Likely the fechtschwert that comes from the Landesmuseum in Zürich. This one has been on loan to Musée de Cluny in Paris.
Musée de Cluny. 16th cent. This is the same as one of the three at the Landesmuseum in Zürich.<br /> <br /> Photo by Eric Burkart of Stahl auf Stahl.
Swords from Schweizerische Landesmuseum, Zürich and Askeri Moze,Istanbul compared to the reproductions by Albion and Hanwei. Image by Therion Arms.<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Musée de Cluny. 17-18th cent.<br /> <br /> Photo by Eric Burkart of Stahl auf Stahl.
See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
The antique fechtschwerter most likely used by Egerton Castle and Alfred Hutton, once owned by Baron de Cosson, now in the collection of the Castle Arundel.<br /> <br /> These were copied sometime before 1896 and used during the public fighting exhibitions.<br /> <br /> http://www.royalarmouries.org/about-us/brief-museum-history/history-of-the-collection/early-scholars/baron-de-cosson
Fechtschwert from the Castle Arundel. Image provided by Schola Gladiatoria at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115323771323194185835/MedievalRenaissanceWeaponsVarious#
Fechtschwert from the Castle Arundel. Image provided by Schola Gladiatoria at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115323771323194185835/MedievalRenaissanceWeaponsVarious#
Fechtschwert from the Castle Arundel. Image provided by Schola Gladiatoria at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115323771323194185835/MedievalRenaissanceWeaponsVarious#
Fechtschwert from the Castle Arundel. Image provided by Schola Gladiatoria at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115323771323194185835/MedievalRenaissanceWeaponsVarious#
Fechtschwert from the Castle Arundel. Image provided by Schola Gladiatoria at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115323771323194185835/MedievalRenaissanceWeaponsVarious#
Fechtschwert from the Castle Arundel. Image provided by Schola Gladiatoria at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115323771323194185835/MedievalRenaissanceWeaponsVarious#
Unidentified fechtschwert. Provided by Darijan at the HEMA Alliance forum.
Unidentified fechtschwert. Image from the Fencing guild of Trnava. Possibly rehilted.
Unidentified fechtschwert. Image from the Fencing guild of Trnava. Possibly rehilted.
Two fußturnierschwert on the sides. Quite similar mark on the left sword as on the fußturnierschwert owned by Kurprinz Johann Georg III.
Fußturnierschwert from 1666. Owned by Kurprinz Johann Georg III.
Fußturnierschwert from the late 1500s, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.<br /> <br /> This would be the steel equivalent of a backsword/dussack for display fighting and possibly for training as well.
Fußturnierschwert from the late 1500s, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.<br /> <br /> This would be the steel equivalent of a backsword/dussack for display fighting and possibly for training as well.
Fußturnierschwert from the late 1500s, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.<br /> <br /> This would be the steel equivalent of a backsword/dussack for display fighting and possibly for training as well.
A "panzerstecher" from ca 1520. Neue Berg, Vienna.<br /> <br /> Perhaps part of the roots for the design of the true fechtschwerter for training.<br /> <br /> Photo by Devin McCarthy.
A "panzerstecher" from ca 1520. Neue Berg, Vienna.<br /> <br /> Perhaps part of the roots for the design of the true fechtschwerter for training.<br /> <br /> Photo by Devin McCarthy.
A "panzerstecher" from ca 1520. Neue Berg, Vienna.<br /> <br /> Perhaps part of the roots for the design of the true fechtschwerter for training.<br /> <br /> Photo by Devin McCarthy.
See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/
Oakeshott typology<br /> <br /> See also http://www.hroarr.com/federschwert-or-a-blunt-longsword/

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