Johannes Liechtenauer
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Johannes Liechtenauer was a German fencing master who had a great level of influence on the German fencing tradition in the 14th century.
This image of a seated master precedes the gloss of Liechtenauer's teachings in the Codex 44A.8.
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Johannes Liechtenauer
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The first page of the Codex Wallerstein shows the typical arms of 15th-century individual combat, including the longsword, rondel dagger, messer, sword-and-buckler, halberd, poleaxe, spear, and staff.
Fol. 4v of the I.33
The final stage of the last sequence in the Royal Armouries Ms. I.33
Longsword guards (1452 manuscript)