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Willibald Pirckheimer

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Germany 1470 - 1530fl. 1495–1530

Nuremberg patrician, humanist, translator, civic councillor and correspondent of Albrecht Dürer. Willibald Pirckheimer compiled and copied the manuscript now called Pirckheimer’s Fechtbuch, transmitting fencing teachings by several earlier masters.

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Authorized nameWillibald Pirckheimer
Sort namePirckheimer, Willibald
Given namesWillibald
Family namePirckheimer
Birth year1470
Death year1530
Floruitfl. 1495–1530
NationalityGermany
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Nuremberg humanist identified as the scribe and compiler of Pirckh. Papp. 353; not treated as author of the transmitted fencing teachings.

Nuremberg museum and Germanisches Nationalmuseum authorities, together with the Pirckh. Papp. 353 manuscript analysis, reviewed in enrichment phase 567; scribe role preserved and the former lifespan-like floruit normalized.
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