The Annex - Texts of the Ancient Masters
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We have a wonderful opportunity to learn from original sources. My thanks to
those gentles who have invested the time and effort to assemble, translate and
generally make these writings available to all.
Aedan |
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Paradoxes of Defense by George Silver (1599) |
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Brief Instructions by George Silver (1599) |
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His Practise, The First Book by Vincentio Saviolo (1595) |
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His True Arte of Defence by Giacomo Di Grassi (1594) |
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Traite D'Escrime by Gio. Antonio Lovino (c. 1580) |
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Weapon Seizures from a work by Achille Marozzo (1536) |
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The Book of the Courtier Trans. by Sir Thomas Hoby (1561) |
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A list of the Masters by Master Gwylym ab Owain Tatershal |
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Illustrazioni d'Agrippa From works by Camillo Agrippa (1568) |
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The Four Dialogues of True Skill Jeronimo de Caranza (1569) |
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Dell'arte di scrimia Giovannia Dell'Agocchie (1572) |
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Traite Contenant les Secrets du Premier Livre sur l'Espee Seule etc Sainct Didier (1573) |
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Jakob Sutor New Künstliches Fechtbuch (1617) (in German) |
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The Teachings of Marozzo |
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Terminology Table from Rapier-1 list |
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The Private Schoole of Defense George Hale (1614) |
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Pallas Armata - The Gentleman's Armory Book One, Part One (1639) |
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Pallas Armata - The Gentleman's Armory Book One, Part Two (1639) |
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Comprehension of Destreza Alvaro Guerra de la Vega (1681) |
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Introduction to Frederico Ghisliero's Rapier Text Frederico Ghisliero (1587) |
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Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence Joeseph Swetnam (1617) |
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Images from Kunst des Fechten Joachim Meyer (c1570) |
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