De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi

MS Vitt. Em. 1324 Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma (Rome, Italy)

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De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi

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Alternative Titles: De Arte Gladiatoria
On the Art of Fencing with Swords
Über die Kunst des Schwertkampfs
Type: Manuscript on paper
Size / Format: 84 pages / 23.5 × 15.0 cm
Origin
Style: Renaissance
Genre: Tournament Books / Armorials / Genealogy
Language: Italian
Script: Secretary
Illustrations: 114 miniatures and numerous decorated initials
Content: Italian translation of Fiore de'i Liberi's Flos Duellatorum with an introduction by Filippo Vadi
Artist / School: Filippo Vadi (scribe and author)
Previous Owners: Guidobaldo di Montefeltro
J. T. Payne
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Thomas FitzRoy Fenwick
Phillip and Lionel Robinson

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