Part A treats fighting with the
longsword,
dagger and
messer. Part B is inserted in two parts, interrupting the first part, treating
grappling. Parts A and B were made in c. 1470; the paper is dated to 1464/5 based on its watermark. Part A is considered a source for the fechtbuch of
Albrecht Dürer of 1512. Part C is somewhat older, made in the first half of the 15th century. The paper is dated to 1420 based on its watermark. It treats longsword,
armored combat, duelling shield (
stechschild), and grappling. The final page, fol. 109r, has a register, written in the hand of
Paulus Hector Mair (foll. 109v and 110 are empty).
Part A • 3r-14v, 21r, 21v longsword techniques • 22r-28v dagger • 29r-32v messer
Part B • 15r-20v, 33r-74r
grappling • 74v drawing of an armed robbery (with instructions for the robber to draw blood from the victim's neck for intimidation) [fol. 75 empty]
Part C • 1r, a drawing of a fencer with various arms, still used as a title page in the convoluted ms. and inscribed with Paulus Hector's name. • 1v-2r, a double page illustration showing a fighting arena with spectators • 76r-80v, 101r-102v longsword • 81r-91v, [fol. 92 empty] 93r-95v, 103r-108r armoured combat • 96r-96v, 98v judicial combat, Swabian law (with swords) • 97r-98r judicial combat, Franconian law (with clubs) • 98v-100v grappling (fol. 98v combines a grappling image with a judicial combat one) • 108v, image of a wedding ceremony. ==See also==