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Bref Instructions vpõ My Pradoxes of Defence
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Bref Instructions vpõ My Pradoxes of Defence

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George Silver

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Castle places Silver's Brief Instructions shortly after 1599, which is more credible than the later polluted local dating clusters.

Quality phase 361: corrected from French/France to an English holograph manuscript by George Silver, written in London circa 1605. The British Library supplies the broader catalogue range 1603–1625.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleBref Instructions vpõ My Pradoxes of Defence
AuthorGeorge Silver
Earliest publication dateUnknown
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeManuscript
Authority statement
George Silver
Authority Roles
Author
George Silver
Edition History
Bref Instructions vpõ My Pradoxes of Defence - Sloane MS No.376 1605
CityLondon
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatEnglish holograph manuscript
Pagesff. 32v–33r (treatise locus within Sloane MS 376)
DimensionsNot specified
Witness edition realigned on 2026-07-18 after batch 4/5 alignment audit.

Quality phase 361: corrected to English/United Kingdom and London. Extent remains unresolved: the institutional catalogue records one item and the specialist source explicitly lacks folio information.

Quality phase 484: Wiktenauer identifies the exact manuscript locus, while explicitly noting that fuller folio information is unavailable.

Representative initial-folio image retrieved from the linked Wiktenauer manuscript page in phase 644. The complete short tract occupies the selected opening, which was individually verified; file 'Sloane MS No.376 32v33r.jpg', 709×499 pixels.
Digital Witnesses
British Library catalogue — Sloane MS 376
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Institutional manuscript catalogue linked in quality phase 361.
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Wiktenauer manuscript article - Bref Instructions vpõ My Pradoxes of Defence (Sloane MS No.376)
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Wiktenauer · open
Realigned to the correct staging source on 2026-07-18 after batch 4/5 alignment audit.

Wiktenauer image 'Sloane MS No.376 32v33r.jpg' used after individual visual verification as the representative opening image for edition 3126 in phase 644.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P058-E001
Castle (1892)
Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a complete bibliography. New and revised edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892.
Pages 58 · Entry CAS-P058-E001
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Primary edition Bref Instructions vpõ My Pradoxes of Defence - Sloane MS No.376
Publisher Not specified
City London
Format English holograph manuscript
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