Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen ritterlichen unnd adelichen Kunst des Fechtens in allerley gebreuchlichen Wehren mit vil schönen und nützlichen Figuren gezieret und fürgestellet (A Thorough Description of the Free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, in All the Typical Guards, Adorned and Arranged with Many Beautiful and Useful Figures)

Joachim Meyer|Tobias Stimmer

dated 1570 · Ink, paper · Arms and Armor

Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen ritterlichen unnd adelichen Kunst des Fechtens in allerley gebreuchlichen Wehren mit vil schönen und nützlichen Figuren gezieret und fürgestellet (A Thorough Description of the Free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, in All the Typical Guards, Adorned and Arranged with Many Beautiful and Useful Figures) — Joachim Meyer|Tobias Stimmer

Meyer was one of the most influential later proponents of the Geman long sword, following the techniques first codified two centuries earlier by Johannes Liechtenauer. Meyer's manual appeared in four editions between 1570 and 1660. It is divided into five sections, the first and longest dealing with the art of the long sword. The others include instruction in the Dussack (a saberlike wooden practice weapon indigenous to Germany), rapier techniques based on the Italian school, dagger fighting, and the use of various staff weapons.

Artist: Joachim Meyer|Tobias Stimmer
Date: dated 1570
Medium: Ink, paper
Culture: German, Strasbourg
Department: Arms and Armor
Credit line: Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1957

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