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Additional MS 23223

Manuscript Italian Italy

Anonymous work

British Library Additional MS 23223. The teachings resemble those of Francesco di Sandro Altoni. Thimm grouped this manuscript with Add MS 17533 in one entry; that shell was reconciled with the two pre-existing Wiktenauer records in phase 49.

Quality phase 356: corrected origin geography from London/United Kingdom to Italy with production city unknown. London is solely the present British Library repository.

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Bibliographic Overview

TitleAdditional MS 23223

AuthorAnonymous work

Earliest publication dateUnknown

LanguageItalian

CountryItaly

Document typeManuscript

Authority statement

Anonymous

FencingSwordsmanship

Authority Roles

Edition History

Additional MS 23223 Undated

CityNot specified

PublisherNot specified

PrinterNot specified

FormatManuscript on paper; double-sided

Pages47 folia

DimensionsNot specified

British Library, Additional MS 23223; dated around the turn of the seventeenth century.

Quality phase 101o year decision [manuscript_or_century_only]: undated manuscript or witness described only by a broad century; exact publication year intentionally left unset.

Quality phase 356: London removed as a false production place; it is the current repository only. Italian origin is retained at country level; the exact production city remains unknown. The existing 47-folio extent is reconfirmed.

Representative cover/frontispiece/initial-folio image retrieved from the linked Wiktenauer manuscript page in phase 641. Shelfmark and opening location were individually verified; file 'Additional MS 23223 1r.png', 800×1119 pixels.

Digital Witnesses

Wiktenauer manuscript article - Additional MS 23223

HTML OCR

Wiktenauer · open

Realigned to the correct staging source on 2026-07-18 after batch 4/5 alignment audit.

Wiktenauer image 'Additional MS 23223 1r.png' used after individual visual verification as the representative cover/opening image for edition 3112 in phase 641.

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Holding Institutions

British Library

ShelfmarkAdd MS 23223

Statusconfirmed

Access notes
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Condition report

Provenance

Open holding record

Scholarly References

Thimm entry 315a — Additional MS 23223

Thimm (1896)

Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.

Pages 47 · Entry 315a

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