Editor-in-Chief of Wiktenauer, owner of HEMA Bookshelf, amateur codicologist, manuscript nerd, and meme enjoyer.
Michael Chidester
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The most up-to-date version of the translation can always be found on Wiktenauer, but that link is where the most recent PDF extract lives.
After four months of tweaking and poking and rewriting and reconsidering, I've completed another revision of my Zettel translation.
It's starting to sound pretty good now.
I've also expanded the footnotes in a lot of places, including adding more variant readings and more terminology discussion.
Holy crap, this one is beautiful.
I paid out the nose for this one, but I now have every painted Thibault print I can locate for sale, apart from a few that I passed by because they're duplicates and not better than what I have. Now we can plan the scanning.
In December 2022, I presented this paper at a conference in Brescia.
The journal that is publishing the proceedings is taking forever to actually get the issue out, but I recently found out that I'm allowed to release pre-print copies, so here it is! An appendix includes my complete Meyer Census.
At SCSF, I brought 26 original ca. 1630 painted prints from Girard Thibault's treatise to display alongside Brian Stokes' first edition (on the red velvet throne to the right).
New book alert! 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘎𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘪'𝘴 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, a new edition of this important 1587 fencing treatise by Mike Smallridge! It includes a complete English translation, a transcription of the Italian text, all of the illustrations from the Bnf's copy, and an extensive biography.
We now have 30 Thibault prints to digitize for Wiktenauer!
If you or someone you know owns a painted Thibault page, HEMA Bookshelf has offered to pay for shipping to Massachusetts and back to get it digitized with the rest (and also provide advice about how to package it so that it travels safely).
A Meyer coloring book! This book includes all 62 prints from Joachim Meyer's 1570 treatise. We took Hans Christoff Stimmer's woodblocks, cleaned them up, and printed them at 150% of their original size. Whether you want to color them or simply appreciate their details in B&W, this book is for you!
