Fiore dei Liberi : "Flos Duellatorum", 1410
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| A shot of the cover of an original 1902, leather-bound copy of "Flos Duellatorum". The "eagle displayed" arms in the upper left appears again on the inside cover again on what appears to be a signet, quartered in the second and third quarters, along with what may be three fleur-de-lys in the first and fourth quarters. Possibly the arms of Francesco Novati?. |
The AEMMA's training program as described in The Art of Longsword Combat - Book #1 was heavily influenced by the work of Liberi, however, the book is now dated and archived. Through the years of training and practice, it became quite evident that the methodology defined by Liberi is a viable approach to training. We apologize for any errors in our own interpretation, not claiming to be linguistics experts, however, the periodic review of the material will invoke improvements and correction based on the enhanced experience gained through working with this material in the training and fighting situations. Feel free to email AEMMA at your comments, criticisms, kudos, whatever.
This presentation is comprised of digitally scanned pages of the Pisani-Dossi treatise in the sequence as found in the 1902 publication. The images range from 1000 to 1200 pixels in width and are relatively high in resolution.
The book was presented to David M. Cvet, by the Minister of Culture, Premariacco on behalf of the town's Mayor when he visited in the fall of 2005. The book has far more in it, aside from the facsimile of Fiore's treatise. It begins with an introduction by Renzo Nostini. This is followed with an introduction which describes the setting in which Premariacco resides, and includes some images of points of interest of the area. Later sections describe Nicola d'Este III, and includes a portrait of the gentlemen, followed by a discussion on Marozzo including images from that treatise. It makes some comparative analysis between the dagger plays found in Marozzo with those in Fiore's treatise. Other comparisons are found to some German treatises including Ringeck's works and Talhoffer's publications. Following the facsimile, there are numerous notes on the treatise and an extensive bibliography.
As more of the book is digitized, these will be added to this presentation. The plan is to digitize the entire book including the sections preceding the facsimile as well as the sections following the facscimile.
Access to this presentation can be made by clicking on ==> Pisani-Dossi or the image of the inside cover page above left.
(the four guards)Note: The dagger material is sourced from the Knights of the Wild Rose (KWR) and the additional notes added were based on the study of the Getty's version of Liberi's treatise are entered as red text in the KWR pages.
Note: The arming sword material is sourced from the Knights of the Wild Rose (KWR) and the additional notes added were based on the study of the Getty's version of Liberi's treatise are entered as red text in the KWR pages.
Note: The pollaxe material is sourced from the Knights of the Wild Rose (KWR) and the additional notes added were based on the study of the Getty's version of Liberi's treatise are entered as red text in the KWR pages.
Note: The spear material is sourced from the Knights of the Wild Rose (KWR) and the additional notes added were based on the study of the Getty's version of Liberi's treatise are entered as red text in the KWR pages.