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Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º)
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Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º)

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Hans Talhoffer, Johannes Liechtenauer, Konrad Kyeser

Canonical manuscript witness derived from Wiktenauer Manuscripts source row 24. Date range recorded by the source: 1459. This witness is maintained as a separate work rather than treated as a duplicate title.

Quality phase 332: MS Thott.290.2º is a composite reference manuscript made for Hans Talhoffer in 1459. It also transmits Liechtenauer’s recital and material from Konrad Kyeser’s Bellifortis.

Quality phase 387: corrected the country from Denmark, the present repository, to Germany on the basis of KdiH’s southwest-German localization. The dated colophon names Michel Rotwyler as scribe.

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TitleTalhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º)
AuthorHans Talhoffer, Johannes Liechtenauer, Konrad Kyeser
Earliest publication dateUnknown
LanguageGerman
CountryGermany
Document typeManuscript
Authority statement
Hans Talhoffer; Johannes Liechtenauer; Konrad Kyeser
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Authority Roles
Author
Hans Talhoffer, Johannes Liechtenauer, Konrad Kyeser
Scribe
Michel Rotwyler
Edition History
Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º) 1459
CityNot specified
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatPaper manuscript, 150 leaves, written in Bastarda by one principal hand; metal-bound parchment cover
Pages150 folios
Dimensions300 × 210 mm
Primary manuscript witness. Source row 24; identifier: MS Thott.290.2º; source date: 1459.

Quality phase 332: produced in 1459 for Talhoffer’s use; Copenhagen is the present repository.

Quality phase 387: KdiH localizes production to southwestern Germany, confirms the 1459 colophon and Michel Rotwyler’s scribal statement, and records 257 watercoloured pen drawings.

Quality phase 714: the exact Det Kongelige Bibliotek digital object for Talhoffer manuscript Thott.290.2º supplied its individually inspected historical physical front binding (IIIF image 0001). Image 700x1004, 274265 bytes, SHA-256 711BCB49478E5664B834DCABE84C1B4AFC087C18D7F425DC7569A3CEDBBA44CA.
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Royal Danish Library digital facsimile — MS Thott 290 2º
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Complete institutional manuscript facsimile linked in quality phase 387.

Quality phase 714: official Royal Danish Library IIIF image 0001 supplies the individually verified physical front binding used as the edition cover.
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KdiH catalogue — MS Thott 290 2º
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KdiH / Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften · open
Scholarly codicological catalogue linked in quality phase 387.
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Royal Danish Library catalogue — MS Thott.290.2º
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Catalogue record, digitisation or scans linked in quality phase 332.
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Wiktenauer manuscript article - Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º)
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Created from Wiktenauer Manuscripts batch 9 on 2026-07-17.
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Primary edition Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Thott.290.2º)
Publisher Not specified
City Not specified
Format Paper manuscript, 150 leaves, written in Bastarda by one principal hand; metal-bound parchment cover
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