Peter von Danzig's Fechtbuch (MS 1449)
MS 1449 is an extensive multi-master fechtbuch compiled in 1452. The
essays may have been recorded sometime earlier by
an aging Peter von Danzig and then compiled by his students, or perhaps
the students themselves commited the verbal lessons to script. In
addition to von Danzig's own contribution, this book
includes treatises by Johannes Liechtenauer as well as Andreas
Lignitzer, Martin Hundfeld, and Jud Ott, masters who like von Danzig
himself were
apparently associates of Liechtenauer.*
A similar
fechtbuch, Goliath, compiled about 50 years
later, repeated this pattern and included many of the same teachings of
the same masters almost verbatim, with the addition of illustrations.
Strangely, Peter von Danzig is the only master included in MS 1449
whose teachings are not included in Goliath.
*Paulus Kal, "Lichtenawer mit seiner geselschaft" - a list
of masters: Liechtenauer and his 16 associates
The following links are to translations of some of the manuscript's
chapters.
This is an effort in progress. The first longsword chapter is a link to
the completed Goliath version
which is nearly
identical to the Danzig version. Other chapters will follow.
Liechtenauer's
Longsword (Goliath version)
Liechtenauer's
Armoured Combat
Hundfeld's
Dagger
Hundfeld's
Armoured Combat *new*
Lignitzer's Dagger
Lignitzer's
Shortened (Half) Sword
Lignitzer's
Sword and Buckler
