Fechtschule der Klopffechter, 1623
This 17th-century copper engraving memorializes a Fechtschule (here in the sense of public fencing contest) of the obscure Klopffechter brotherhood that took place in Nürnberg’s Heilsbrunner Hof in 1623.
Fechtschule der Klopffechter, 1623
This 17th-century copper engraving memorializes a Fechtschule (here in the sense of public fencing contest) of the obscure Klopffechter brotherhood that took place in Nürnberg’s Heilsbrunner Hof in 1623.
Here’s to the first release of what I hope will become an annual tradition for fencing enthusiasts:
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Hello Christoph,
hope you enjoy your retirement. I hope you get bored and make more treasures like this available to the public.
Great that this print is being publicised. It has so many interesting details that everybody interested in the background of German fencing should obtain it.
Servus,
Alex Kiermayer, 4/20/2010
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This early 18th-century copperplate depicts a late Fechtschule of the Marxbrüder and Federfechter. It is one of the latest documents of a contest between the members of these urban Central European fighting guilds… before they were replaced by the Schützenfeste marksmanship competitions of the shooting guilds.
Here, the Lion of St. Mark and the Griffin of the Federfechter still preside over the event at the rear of the hall… (more…)