Jörg Wilhalm
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Hema
Hema may refer to:* Hema , an ethnic group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo* Hema , a figure from Polynesian mythology* HEMA , a Dutch chain of stores* Historical European martial arts...
master, hatmaker, and citizen of Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
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There are six 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...
s attributed to Wilhalm:
- 1522 Cod.I.6.4°.5, 47 folia, Augsburg University library, bought by Paulus Hector MairPaulus Hector MairPaulus Hector Mair was an Augsburg civil servant, and active in the martial arts of his time. He collected Fechtbücher and undertook to compile all knowledge of the art of fencing in a compendium surpassing all earlier books...
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 862MS 862MS 862 is a fechtbuch dating to ca. 1500. It is influenced by Paulus Kal and Peter Falkner, and was in turn drawn upon by Jorg Wilhalm .The manuscript was up for auction at Sotheby's in 2005....
MS Cgm 3711 is peculiar in that some of the fencers are represented in humorous carnival costumes.