The Codex Vindobonensis B 11093 (Code of the

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) is an anonymous

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 ...

of 46 pages of drawn illustrations only, with no text, dating to the mid 15th century, probably created in

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. It has been grouped together with the " Gladiatoria" fechtbuch, forming a "Gladiatoria group" outside the mainstream of

Johannes Liechtenauer Johannes Liechtenauer (also ''Lichtnauer'', ''Hans Lichtenawer'') was a German Late Middle Ages, German fencing master who had a great level of influence on the German school of swordsmanship, German fencing tradition in the 14th century. Biograp ...

's school.

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Anonymous, Untitled - Cod 11093, c1450
15th-century illuminated manuscripts Combat treatises Manuscripts in the Austrian National Library {{fencing-stub

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