Seventeenth-century Ferrarese jurist, knight and military theorist. His illustrated Oplomachia treated the pike, halberd and musket, while Il Torneo documented tournament organisation, weapon drills and early printed military music.
Canonical form confirmed during Gelli Batch 9 opening.
Folger catalogue, Treccani fencing history, Christie’s 1626/1627 description and digitised title-page evidence reviewed in quality phase 555; born in 1576 and distinguished from the earlier humanist and Este secretary of the same name who died in 1533. The short PISTOFILO authority was consolidated here.
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