Dear all, we have created a simple resource for people to locate combat treatises online:

http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB2/index.php?c=6

This resource is going to be constantly updated, so please feel free to contribute to it.

Regards,
Matt

Hi Matt,

Great Resource! One for the Bookmarks!

Still not having an account on your forums, I would like to point you at this:

http://jfgilles.club.fr/escrime/bibliotheque/petter/index.html

They have larger scans of the images of Petter, and they have the original text pages as well (which of course is way more valuable than a translation :p ).
The linked site has more manuscripts (linked) here:
http://jfgilles.club.fr/escrime/bibliotheque/
But you likely have those (and possibly this site itself) already on your list!

See you soon, and don't forget; If wars were won by feasting, or victory by song...

Hey Matt,

Great ressource indeed!

Thanks a lot for sharing.

Cheers,

Julien

cool - thanks!

one little nit to pick:

De Arte Luctandi - Florius (Fiore) c.1410 - um, as far as I have read (unless something very recent has changed this), most Fiore researchers feel this was produced long after Fiore's time (based on the artwork and a few other factors). Possibly post 1450, and closer to Vadi's works.

I'd be interested to find out if this view has changed.

Hello, I am a Fiore researcher, as you'll find out on our website. The armour shown in 'Florius' is certainly not from 1450, it is early-15thC.
Nobody knows the date of the manuscript yet and only 3 people I know of have studied the manuscript 'in the flesh'.
Regards,
Matt
www.fioredeiliberi.org

gentlemen,
I have a question - any of these manuals listed in those two forums deal with training for mounted combat - lance, sword, sabre etc?
by the way some wonderful art and print making!

Matt; you also seem to be missing this one. It's a Dutch rapier manual from 1671. That's about all I know about it though.

http://www.umass.edu/renaissance/lord/pdfs/Bruchius_1671.pdf

There's more pdfs from this site here:

http://www.umass.edu/renaissance/lord/collection.html

I don't know if there's more there you don't have

Thanks mate!

Matt