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Il Fior di Battaglia = Άνθος της Μάχης= Flos Duellatorum,
ένα εγχειρίδιο μάχης που δημοσιεύτηκε
κατά την πρώτη δεκαετία του 15ου αι (1409).
κατά την πρώτη δεκαετία του 15ου αι (1409).
"Όπως και οι άνθρωποι σήμερα, οι άνθρωποι του Μεσαίωνα και της Αναγέννησης περιόδους διάβαζαν διάφορα χρηστικά βιβλία, όπως το χειρόγραφο του θρυλικού διδασκάλου ξιφομαχίας στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1300 Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, που καθοδηγεί τον αναγνώστη στις διάφορες φάσεις και τις περιπλοκές της μάχης. Ζωηρές απεικονίσεις με άλογα μάχης και πάνοπλους ιππότες συνοδεύουν το κείμενο.
Μέσα από λέξεις και εικόνες, το χειρόγραφο διδάσκει μια ποικιλία από τεχνικές μάχης, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της μονομαχίας με τα πόδια, με το σπαθί, με το μαχαίρι ή το τσεκούρι,
Ο Nicolò III d 'Este, ηγεμόνας της Φεράρα, διέταξε να αναπαραχθούν τουλάχιστον τρία αντίγραφα του παρόντος κειμένου. Ο Nicolò θεωρούσε πολύ φυσικό ένα τέτοιο εγχειρίδιο να παίζει σημαντικό ρόλο στην εκπαίδευση των νέων ευγενών . Εξάλλου ο ίδιος είχε τρεις γιους... ".Το χειρόγραφο γράφτηκε σε περγαμηνή (20,5 x 30 εκατοστά) με χρώματα τέμπερας και έχει επικάλυψη φύλλων χρυσού και ασημιού. Οι εικόνες που αναρτούμε επιλέχθηκε από τις 85 που περιλαμβάνει συνολικά το χειρόγραφο .
Απόσπασμα από τον πρόλογο του βιβλίου (στα αγγλικά)
Fiore dei Liberi: "As a young man I desired to learn armed fighting, including the art of fighting in the lists with spear, poleaxe, sword, dagger and unarmed grappling, on foot and on horseback, armored and unarmored. In addition I wanted to study how weapons were made, and the characteristics of each weapon for both offense and defense, particularly as they applied to mortal combat.
I also desired to learn the wondrous secrets of this art known only by very few men in this world. And these secrets will give you mastery of attack and defense, and make you invincible, for victory comes easily to a man who has the skill and mastery described above.
I learned these skills from many German and Italian masters and their senior students, in many provinces and many cities, and at great personal cost and expense.
And by the grace of God I also acquired so much knowledge at the courts of noblemen, princes, dukes, marquises, counts, knights and squires, that increasingly I was myself asked to teach. My services were requested many times by noblemen, knights and their squires, who wanted me to teach them the art of armed combat both for fighting at the barrier and for mortal combat. And so I taught this art to many Italians and Germans and other noblemen who were obliged to fight at the barrier, as well as to numerous noblemen who did not actually compete. [..]
It’s my opinion that in this art there are few men in the world who can really call themselves Masters, and it is my goal to be remembered as one of them. To that end I have created this book all about this martial art and the things related to it, including weapons, their applications, and other aspects too." {partial translation of Preface: source}
- The manuscript images above - 'Il Fior di Battaglia' by Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco - were sourced from the Google Art Project site; which were in turn supplied by the J. Paul Getty Museum website.
- The Wiktenauer site (free library of Historical European Martial Arts books and manuscripts) has a very detailed presentation of the manuscript, including translations of the extant manuscript versions.
- Essay --- 'Fiore Dei Liberi: 14th century Master of Defence' by John Clements is a .pdf hosted by ARMA (Association for Renaissance Martial Arts)
- Previously on BibliOdyssey -- combat tag.
- From Schola Gladiatoria: http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/fiore/
- Thanks to Jarkko for the help and patience.
- The Fiore dei Liberi post first appeared on the BiliOdyssey website.
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