Info Favorites Register Log in
myArmoury.com Discussion Forums

Forum index Memberlist Usergroups Spotlight Topics Search
Forum Index > Off-topic Talk > Bellifortis in English? or even at all..... Reply to topic
This is a standard topic  
Author Message
Leo Todeschini
Industry Professional



Location: Oxford, UK
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Likes: 1 page

Spotlight topics: 1
Posts: 1,731

PostPosted: Sun 28 Jan, 2024 10:24 am    Post subject: Bellifortis in English? or even at all.....         Reply with quote

HI Guys,

I am looking for a copy of Bellifortis which was of course published in Latin, but is there and English translation - that's the first question.

The second question is do you have a copy in Latin, but even better in English (if it exists) that you would like to sell to me?

Tod

www.todsworkshop.com
www.todcutler.com
www.instagram.com/todsworkshop
https://www.facebook.com/TodsWorkshop
www.youtube.com/user/todsstuff1
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Sean Manning




Location: Austria
Joined: 23 Mar 2008

Posts: 894

PostPosted: Mon 29 Jan, 2024 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Bellifortis in English? or even at all.....         Reply with quote

Leo Todeschini wrote:
HI Guys,

I am looking for a copy of Bellifortis which was of course published in Latin, but is there and English translation - that's the first question.

The second question is do you have a copy in Latin, but even better in English (if it exists) that you would like to sell to me?

Tod

There are a couple of facsimiles of Bellifortis manuscripts with German translations but the 1967 one by Götz Quarg is supposed to be unreliable. A 1430 copy in Munich has been digitized https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb00090291

The Latin is supposed to be difficult but on your budget you could hire a PhD student or a lecturer to translate the bits that you wanted. I would offer but I would have to bill an hour or two just to figure out "what resources are available and how hard would this be?"


weekly writing
~ material culture
View user's profile Send private message
T. Kew




Location: London, UK
Joined: 21 Apr 2012

Posts: 256

PostPosted: Mon 29 Jan, 2024 2:12 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

If you're happy with a translation of a German copy, there is one in the HEMA Bookshelf Talhoffer Companion Volume, along with an article by Michael Chidester discussing the text.
HEMA fencer and coach, New Cross Historical Fencing
View user's profile Send private message


Display posts from previous:   
Forum Index > Off-topic Talk > Bellifortis in English? or even at all.....
Page 1 of 1 Reply to topic
All times are GMT - 8 Hours

View previous topic :: View next topic
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum






All contents © Copyright 2003-2024 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum