Codex Wallerstein

Image from the Codex Wallerstein: Fencer with various weapons

Image 214 of the Codex Wallerstein: Illustration of a stab with the “half sword” against a “ Mordhau ” in plate armor

The Codex Wallerstein (University of Augsburg I.6.4.2) is a fencing book from the 16th century. It describes on 221 pages illustrated techniques of fighting with long sword , knife, dagger and stabbing shield . In addition, techniques of unarmed combat and self-defense are presented.

See also

• Wallerstein

literature

• G. Zabinski, B. Walczak: Codex Wallerstein, A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century on the Longsword, Falchion, Dagger, and Wrestling , Paladin Press, (2002), ISBN 1-58160-339-8 . [1]

Web links

• description
• Illustrations
• Book review by David M. Cvet : Codex Wallerstein: A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century on the Longsword, Falchion, Dagger, and Wrestling
• Journal of Western Martial Art , April 2001, essay by Grzegorz Zabiñski on “bare fencing” in the Codex Wallerstein
• Excerpts from the knife fight