Jörg Wilhalm

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armoured foot combat, with a rare depiction of a broken sword (Cgm 3711 fol. 57r)

fencing with the long sword. One of the fencers is dressed up as the devil or a demon (Cgm 3711 fol. 37r)

Jörg Wilhalm was an early 16th century German fencing master, hatmaker, and citizen of Augsburg.

There are five fechtbuchs attributed to Wilhalm:

• 1522 Cod.I.6.4°.5, 47 folia, Augsburg University library, bought by Paulus Hector Mair in 1552.
• 1522 Cod.I.6.2°.3, 43 folia, Augsburg University library, bought by Mair in 1561.
• 1523 Cod.I.6.2°.2, 72 folia, Augsburg University library, bought by Mair in 1544.
• 1523 Cgm 3711, 102 folia, München.
• Cgm 3712, 212 folia, München.

MS Cgm 3711 is peculiar in that some of the fencers are represented in humorous carnival costumes.

[edit] See also

• Fechtbuch
• Historical European Martial Arts

[edit] References

• Hils, Hans-Peter, Meister Johann Liechtenauers Kunst des langen Schwertes, Lang (1985).