Johannes Liechtenauer

Johannes Liechtenauer's art of fencing
Johannes Liechtenauer's art of fencing
Liechtenauer's zedel
	This image of a seated master precedes the gloss of Liechtenauer's teachings in the Codex 44A.8.
Ascribed to	Johannes Liechtenauer
Language	Middle High German
Date	14th century
State of existence	oral tradition, fixed in several versions beginning c. 1400
Principal manuscript(s)	List of manuscripts Hs. 3227a; Cod. 44.A.8; Cod. I.6.4°.3; Ms. Thott.290.2º; Cod. guelf. 78.2 Aug.2°; Ms. M.I.29; Ms. Dresd. C.487; Ms. E.1939.65.341; Ms. Germ. Quart. 2020; Cod.icon. 393; Cod. 10825/10826; M. Dresd. C.93/94;

Johannes Liechtenauer (also Lichtnauer, Hans Lichtenawer) was a German fencing master who had a great level of influence on the German fencing tradition in the 14th century.

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