Cod. 44 A 8 also known as MS 1449, Bibliotheca dell'Academica Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, is a

Fechtbuch Martial arts manuals are instructions, with or without illustrations, specifically designed to be learnt from a book. Many books detailing specific techniques of martial arts are often erroneously called manuals but were written as treatises. Pros ...

compiled by Peter von Danzig in 1452. Danzig was a 15th-century

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fencing master. He was counted among the 17 members of the "society of

Johannes Liechtenauer Johannes Liechtenauer (also ''Lichtnauer'', ''Hans Lichtenawer'') was a German fencing master who had a great level of influence on the German fencing tradition in the 14th century. Biography Liechtenauer seems to have been active during the mi ...

". It reports teachings of

Andres Lignitzer Cod. 44 A 8 also known as MS 1449, Bibliotheca dell'Academica Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, is a Fechtbuch compiled by Peter von Danzig in 1452. Danzig was a 15th-century German fencing master. He was counted among the 17 members of the "soc ...

Martin Hundfeld Martin Hundfeld (also Huntzfeld, possibly from Hundsfeld, a village some 20 km east of Würzburg) was an early 15th-century (died before 1452) German fencing master. His teaching is recorded by Peter von Danzig in Cod. 44 A 8 and by Han ...

and

Ott Jud Ott Jud ("Ott the Jew") was a 15th-century Austrian martial arts master, specialized on grappling (''Ringen''). The version of his treatise in Codex Lew states that he was a Christian baptized Jew. "Neuerdings hat Ginsburger ('Les Juifs et l'art m ...

, as well as original material by Peter von Danzig. Andres Lignitzer (Andreas Liegnitzer, Andrew of

Liegnitz Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 a ...

) was an early 15th- or late 14th-century German fencing master. His teachings are preserved by the mid-15th-century masters Peter von Danzig and

Paulus Kal Paulus Kal was a 15th-century German fencing master. According to his own testimony, he was the student of one Hans Stettner, who was in turn an initiate of the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer. He served as fencing master at three different cou ...

. Paulus Kal name him together with his brother Jacob as members of the "

Liechtenauer society Johannes Liechtenauer (also ''Lichtnauer'', ''Hans Lichtenawer'') was a German fencing master who had a great level of influence on the German fencing tradition in the 14th century. Biography Liechtenauer seems to have been active during the m ...

". He may be identical with ''Andres Jud'' ("Andres the

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

") named in 3227a. An English translation of the treatise was published by Tobler (2010).

Literature

* Christian Henry Tobler, ''In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts'' (2010),

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20060913000000/http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Cod._44_A_8 *http://www.schielhau.org/von.danzig.html 1452 books Combat treatises 15th-century illuminated manuscripts {{manuscript-art-stub

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