Brief notes on fencing, from the military treatise of Giovanni Alberto Cassani (1603)
Giovanni Alberto Cassani published a military treatise in Naples in 1603.1 In this work he...
Read MorePosted by Piermarco Terminiello | Dec 23, 2017 | Research articles, Study Articles, Teaching & training methods, Techniques & interpretation |
Giovanni Alberto Cassani published a military treatise in Naples in 1603.1 In this work he...
Read MorePosted by Piermarco Terminiello | Jun 14, 2014 | Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
The sixteenth century saw a proliferation of fencing treatises written and published in the Italian peninsula. Some masters and styles have long been well known to fencing historians and modern historical fencers. Other masters,...
Read MorePosted by Reinier van Noort | Jan 24, 2014 | Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
In a previous article, a detailed introduction to manuscript Cod. 264.23 was presented along with an English translation of the first two sections, dealing with the single rapier. In this contribution, a translation is presented...
Read MorePosted by Reinier van Noort | Dec 20, 2013 | Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
The following translation of the manuscript Cod. Guelf. 264.23 contains the notes of an unknown German speaking student about his fencing lessons at the knight academy at Sorø (Ritterakademie Sorø). It was most likely written...
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