Hans von Speyer was a 15th century German scribe. He was probably born near Speyer, Germany in the mid 1400s. In ca. 1491, he produced the MS M.I.29, a fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 manual compiling several significant treatises from the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer.
In ca. 1455, a Hans von Speyer assisted in the creation of the typeface for Johannes Gutenberg's 42-Line Bible, but this may or may not be the same scribe.

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• Transcription and translation of his 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...
  
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• Speyer on Wikitenauer.com

Sources

• Transcription and translation of his 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...
  
  
• MS M.I.29 - Universitätsbibliothek, Salzburg, Austria