Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata

Two manuscripts produced in early fourteenth-century German lands reflect similar iconography of the fighting with Sword and Buckler; one is the well-known fencing manual, Leeds, Royal Armouries, MS I. 33, produced ca. 1320, and the other is a Hebrew manuscript of the Bible, Paris, Bibliothèque nat...

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Main Author: Sara Offenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:Acta Periodica Duellatorum
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/apd/article/view/7265
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spelling doaj-5f14ab30f60245b29d91fda8052dcab42021-06-03T13:33:28ZengBern Open PublishingActa Periodica Duellatorum2064-04042021-06-019110.36950/apd-2021-001Sword and Buckler in Masorah FigurataSara Offenberg0Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Two manuscripts produced in early fourteenth-century German lands reflect similar iconography of the fighting with Sword and Buckler; one is the well-known fencing manual, Leeds, Royal Armouries, MS I. 33, produced ca. 1320, and the other is a Hebrew manuscript of the Bible, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France héb. 9, made in 1304, that will be the focus of this article. This preliminary research intends to demonstrate how Hebrew illuminated manuscripts can shed more light on the study of fight books iconography. https://bop.unibe.ch/apd/article/view/7265Fight BooksSword and BucklerIlluminated ManuscriptJewish ManuscriptsIconographySword and buckler
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Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
Acta Periodica Duellatorum
Fight Books
Sword and Buckler
Illuminated Manuscript
Jewish Manuscripts
Iconography
Sword and buckler
author_facet Sara Offenberg
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title Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
title_short Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
title_full Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
title_fullStr Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
title_full_unstemmed Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
title_sort sword and buckler in masorah figurata
publisher Bern Open Publishing
series Acta Periodica Duellatorum
issn 2064-0404
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Two manuscripts produced in early fourteenth-century German lands reflect similar iconography of the fighting with Sword and Buckler; one is the well-known fencing manual, Leeds, Royal Armouries, MS I. 33, produced ca. 1320, and the other is a Hebrew manuscript of the Bible, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France héb. 9, made in 1304, that will be the focus of this article. This preliminary research intends to demonstrate how Hebrew illuminated manuscripts can shed more light on the study of fight books iconography.
topic Fight Books
Sword and Buckler
Illuminated Manuscript
Jewish Manuscripts
Iconography
Sword and buckler
url https://bop.unibe.ch/apd/article/view/7265
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