Fior di Battaglia

MS Ludwig X V 13 J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)

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Fior di Battaglia

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Codicology

Alternative Titles: Fior di Battaglia
Flower of Battle
Flos Duellatorum
Blume des Kampfes
Fiore Furlano de'i Liberi: Fencing Manual
Fiore Furlano de'i Liberi: Fechtbuch
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 94 pages / 29.0 × 21.9 cm
Origin
Style: Renaissance
Genre: Tournament Books / Armorials / Genealogy
Language: Italian
Script: Humanistic minusucle
Illustrations: 290 illuminations
Content: Fior di Battaglia (fencing manual)
Patron: Niccolò III d'Este (1383–1441)
Artist / School: Fiore Furlano de'i Liberi (author)
Michelino Molinari da Besozzo (illuminator?)
Previous Owners: Niccolò Marcello
Apostolo Zeno
Luigi Celotti
Thomas Payne
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Hans P. Kraus, Sr.
Peter and Irene Ludwig

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#1 Fior di Battaglia

Binding: Cardboard binding

Complete color reproduction of the original “Fior di Battaglia” at its original size. The facsimile aims to reproduce the original’s appearance, feel and physical characteristics as faithfully as possible. The pages are trimmed to the original format. The binding may differ from the original’s present-day binding. At the publisher's discretion, folio 38 was inserted between folios 14 and 15, while the original foliation was retained.

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