Cod. 44 A 8 also known as MS 1449, Bibliotheca dell'Academica Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, is a Fechtbuch

Fechtbuch

Martial arts manuals are instructions, with or without illustrations, detailing specific techniques of martial arts.Prose descriptions of martial arts techniques appear late within the history of literature, due to the inherent difficulties of describing a technique rather than just demonstrating...

 compiled by Peter von Danzig in 1452. Danzig was a 15th century German Fencing master. He was counted among the 16 members of the "society of Johannes Liechtenauer".

It reports teachings of Johannes Liechtenauer, Andres Lignitzer, Martin Hundfeld

Martin Hundfeld

Martin Hundfeld was an early 15th century German fencing master. His teaching is recorded by Peter von Danzig in Cod. 44 A 8 and by Hans von Speyer in M I 29. Hundfeld is numbered among the "society of Liechtenauer" by Paulus Kal.-External links:*...

 and Ott Jud

Ott Jud

Ott Jud was a 15th century Austrian martial arts master, specialized on grappling .The version of his treatise in Codex Lew states that he was a baptized Jew....

, as well as original material by Peter von Danzig.

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Andres Lignitzer (Andreas Liegnitzer, Andrew of Liegnitz) was an early 15th or late 14th century German fencing master, a member of the "society of Liechtenauer. His teachings are preserved by the mid 15th century masters Peter von Danzig and Paulus Kal

Paulus Kal

Paulus Kal was a 15th century German fencing master. In 1460, he wrote a combat manual describing the art of fencing .-Literature:...

. Paulus Kal name him together with his brother Jacob as members of the "Liechtenauer society". He may be identical with Andres Jud ("Andres the Jew") named in 3227a.

Literature

• Christian Henry Tobler, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts (2010), ISBN 978-0-9825911-1-6

External links

• http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Cod._44_A_8
• http://www.schielhau.org/von.danzig.html