Manuscript

Die Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst
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Die Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst

Manuscript 1731 German Germany

Johann Heinrich Eich

Created from the Wiktenauer Manuscripts staging import. Source row 166. Signature: MS Germ.Oct.227

Quality phase 379: Johann Heinrich Eich is named as author and Cologne municipal fencing master. The Berlin witness MS Germ. Oct. 227 is dated before 1733 and contains 73 folia; the work also survives in the Cologne witness MS Best.7010 W*289.

Quality phase 383: the Cologne Best.7010 W*289 witness comprises 95 paper folia with a red velvet cover; it is illustrated on rectos with text on versos and remains broadly dated 1731–1755.

2 Editions
4 Resources
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Bibliographic Overview
TitleDie Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst
AuthorJohann Heinrich Eich
Earliest publication date1731
LanguageGerman
CountryGermany
Document typeManuscript
Authority statement
Johann Heinrich Eich
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
Johann Heinrich Eich
Edition History
Die Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst - MS Best.7010 (W*)289 1731
CityNot specified
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatDouble-sided paper manuscript in cursive with a red velvet cover; illustrations on rectos and text on versos
Pages95 folia
DimensionsNot specified
Additional manuscript witness attached from Wiktenauer overlap review 157-165 on 2026-07-17.

Quality phase 383: recorded the exact 95-folio extent, paper support, red velvet cover, cursive script and illustrated recto/text verso arrangement; Cologne remains repository/context rather than asserted production city.

Representative cover/frontispiece/title-page/initial-folio image retrieved from the linked Wiktenauer manuscript page in phase 642. The image type and opening location were individually verified; file 'MS Best.7010 (W*)289 1r.png', 800×641 pixels.
Die Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst - MS Germ.Oct.227 Undated
CityNot specified
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatDouble-sided paper manuscript in a leather cover; cursive script; illustrations on rectos and text on versos
Pages73 folia
DimensionsNot specified
Primary manuscript witness created from Wiktenauer Manuscripts batch 8 on 2026-07-17.

Quality phase 379: corrected the manifestation date from an exact 1733 to before 1733; identified Johann Heinrich Eich and recorded 73 folia and the alternating illustrated/text layout.

Representative cover/frontispiece/title-page/initial-folio image retrieved from the linked Wiktenauer manuscript page in phase 642. The image type and opening location were individually verified; file 'MS Germ.Oct.227 1r.png', 757×605 pixels.
Digital Witnesses
Historisches Archiv Köln anniversary catalogue — Eich manuscript
Catalogue PDF
Stadt Köln · open
Institutional catalogue or digital witness linked in quality phase 383.
Comparative transcription and study of Johann Heinrich Eich’s manuscript
Catalogue HTML
Fechtgeschichte · open
External scholarly or institutional authority linked in quality phase 379.
Wiktenauer manuscript article - Die Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst (MS Best.7010 W*289)
HTML OCR
Wiktenauer · open
Attached from Wiktenauer overlap review 157-165 on 2026-07-17.

Wiktenauer image 'MS Best.7010 (W*)289 1r.png' used after individual visual verification as the representative cover/opening image for edition 3194 in phase 642.
Wiktenauer manuscript article - Die Adeliche und Ritterliche Fechtkunst (MS Germ. Oct. 227)
HTML OCR
Wiktenauer · open
Created from Wiktenauer Manuscripts batch 8 on 2026-07-17.

Wiktenauer image 'MS Germ.Oct.227 1r.png' used after individual visual verification as the representative cover/opening image for edition 3179 in phase 642.