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Paulus Hector Mair (1517–1579) was an Augsburg
Augsburg

Augsburg is an Independent City city in the south-west of Bavaria. The College town is home of the Regierungsbezirk Swabia and also of the Swabia and the Augsburg ....
 civil servant, and active in the martial arts of his time
Historical European martial arts

Historical European Martial arts are martial arts of European origin, often commonly used to refer to arts which were formerly practised, but have since died out or evolved into very different forms....
. He collected Fechtbücher
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 it....
 and undertook to compile all knowledge of the art of fencing in a compendium surpassing all earlier books. For this, he engaged the painter Jörg Breu the Younger
Jörg Breu the Younger

J?rg Breu the Younger , son of J?rg Breu the Elder, was a painter of Augsburg.In the 1540s, he was involved with the creation of the Fechtbucher commissioned by Paulus Hector Mair....
, as well as two experienced fencers, whom he charged with perfecting the techniques before they were painted. The project was very costly, taking full four years, and according to Mair, consumed most of his family's income and property.






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Paulus Hector Mair (1517–1579) was an Augsburg
Augsburg

Augsburg is an Independent City city in the south-west of Bavaria. The College town is home of the Regierungsbezirk Swabia and also of the Swabia and the Augsburg ....
 civil servant, and active in the martial arts of his time
Historical European martial arts

Historical European Martial arts are martial arts of European origin, often commonly used to refer to arts which were formerly practised, but have since died out or evolved into very different forms....
. He collected Fechtbücher
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 it....
 and undertook to compile all knowledge of the art of fencing in a compendium surpassing all earlier books. For this, he engaged the painter Jörg Breu the Younger
Jörg Breu the Younger

J?rg Breu the Younger , son of J?rg Breu the Elder, was a painter of Augsburg.In the 1540s, he was involved with the creation of the Fechtbucher commissioned by Paulus Hector Mair....
, as well as two experienced fencers, whom he charged with perfecting the techniques before they were painted. The project was very costly, taking full four years, and according to Mair, consumed most of his family's income and property. Three versions of his compilation, and one later, less extensive manuscript, have been preserved.

Not only did Mair spend huge sums on his collections and on his projects, he also had a very expensive lifestyle, frequently hosting receptions for the more important burgher
Bourgeoisie

Bourgeoisie is a classification used in analyzing human societies to describe a social class of people. Historically, the bourgeoisie comes from the middle or merchant classes of the Middle Ages, whose status or power came from employment, education, and wealth, as distinguished from those whose power came from being born into an aristocrati...
s of Augsburg. His own income was not sufficient for this, and during many years, he misappropriated funds from the city treasury, with the supervision of which he had been entrusted since 1541. His embezzlement
Embezzlement

Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets, usually financial in nature, by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....
s were discovered in 1579, and Mair was hanged as a thief at the age of 62.

Manuscripts

Cod Winob 10825
* Saxon
Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a States of Germany of Germany. Located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area and the sixth largest in population , of Germany's sixteen states....
 state library, Dresden
Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
, Mscr. Dresd. C 93/94, after 1542, two volumes, 244+328 folia, German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 text.

  • Bavaria
    Bavaria

    Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
    n state library, München cod. icon 393, after 1542, two volumes, 309+303 folia, Latin
    Latin

    Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
     text. This is the most luxurious production of Mair's, and he sold it to duke Albert V. of Bavaria
    List of rulers of Bavaria

    The following is a list of rulers during the history of Bavaria. Bavaria was ruled by several dukes and kings, partitioned and reunited, under several dynasty....
    , allegedly for the enormous sum of 800 fl.
    Florin

    Florin may refer to:Modern currency* The Netherlands Antillean guilder is also known as a "florin", and abbreviated NAFl* Aruban florin, the currency of Aruba...
    , in 1567.


  • Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
    n national library, Vienna
    Vienna

    Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
    , Codex Vindobensis 10825/26 after 1542, two volumes, 270+343 folia, bilingual Latin-German text.


  • Augsburg city archive, Schätze B2 Reichsstadt, 1553, 110 folia, illustrated by Heinrich Vogtherr, based material acquired from Anthon Rast of Nürnberg (d. 1549).


Literature


  • Knight, David James and Brian Hunt. . Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 13: 978-1-58160-644-7.


See also

  • Historical European Martial Arts
    Historical European martial arts

    Historical European Martial arts are martial arts of European origin, often commonly used to refer to arts which were formerly practised, but have since died out or evolved into very different forms....
  • German school of swordsmanship
    German school of swordsmanship

    The German school of fencing is the historical system of combat taught in the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, German Renaissance and Early Modern periods , as described in the Fechtbuch written at the time....


External links

  • München Manuscript (colored).
  • München Manuscript (colored).
  • (thearma.org)
  • , a website dedicated to Mair