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Codex Wallerstein
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The so-called Codex Wallerstein or Vonn Baumanns Fechtbuch is a 16th-century convolution of three 15th-century fechtbuch manuscripts, with a total of 221 pages.
The first page shows a fencer with various arms.
The first page shows a fencer with various arms.
Illustration of a half-sword thrust against a mordhau in armoured longsword combat. (Plate 214)
Illustration of a half-sword thrust against a mordhau in armoured longsword combat. (Plate 214)
Half-sword
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Half-sword, in 14th- to 16th-century fencing with longswords, refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand in order to execute more forceful thrusts again
Example of an illustration of half-sword, c. 1418: Islan the monk executes a half-sword thrust against Volker the minstrel (CPG 359, fol. 46v).
Example of an illustration of half-sword, c. 1418: Islan the monk executes a half-sword thrust against Volker the minstrel (CPG 359, fol. 46v).