The fencing manuscript Ms. Germ. Quart. 2020 known as “Goliath” resides in the Biblioteka Jagiellonska in Cracow. It is another example of an extensive anthology of fencing texts. Many individual parts can be found in a next to identical or at least rather similar way in codex 44 A 8, written in 1452. Other than that manuscript, the so-called Goliath (because of an illustration on the first spread page of the volume) however contains a number of images.
We are happy that Bartlomiej Walczak agreed to host his transcription of Martin Huntfelt’s fencing on horseback here on our website.
Dierk Hagedorn, June 2014
Content:
Johannes Lichtenauer
Langes Schwert
Messer
Halbe Stange
Dolch
Andre Lignitzers Dolch
Ringen
Ringen im Grüblein
Ringen
Ringen
Johannes Liechtenauers Rossfechten
Martin Huntfelts
Fencing on Horseback
Johannes Liechtenauers Harnischkampf
Andre Lignitzers Harnischkampf