Research Catalog

Title

The art of fencing : the forgotten discourse of Camillo Palladini / Camillo Palladini ; edited by Piermarco Terminiello, Joshua Pendragon.

Author

Palladini, Camillo

Publication

• Leeds : Royal Armouries Museum ; London : Wallace Cllection, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Terminiello, Piermarco
• Pendragon, Joshua
• Wallace Collection (London, England)
• Royal Armouries (Great Britain)

Description

256 pages : illustrations (colour); 22 x 34 cm

Summary

Camillo Palladini's manuscript for his discourse on fencing is housed in the De Walden Library at the Wallace Collection in London. Previously unpublished and largely unknown, it is of central importance to a modern understanding of Italian rapier play in the sixteenth century. This stunning book, a joint endeavour between the Royal Armouries and the Wallace Collection, reproduces the forty-six red chalk illustrations in the manuscript--only three of which have ever been seen in print--together with a transcription and translation of the original Italian text. Perfect for students of fencing, lovers of Italian art, sixteenth-century researchers, and historical reenactors and interpreters, 'The Art of Fencing: The Forgotten Discourse of Camillo Palladini' showcases a striking example of Renaissance swordsmanship.

Uniform Title

• Discorso sopra l'arte della scherma.
• Discorso sopra l'arte della scherma. English.

Alternative Title

Forgotten discourse of Camillo Palladini

Subject

• Wallace Collection (London, England)
• Fencing > Early works to 1800
• Fencing > Italy > History > 16th century
• Fencing in art
• Fencing > Manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Italian > London
• Fencing

Genre/Form

Early works.

Language (note)

• Parallel Italian text and English translation.

ISBN

• 9780948092961
• 0948092963

OCLC

• on1121097428
• SCSB-14297182

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library