Donaueschingen ms 862.

[Fabrice Cognot]

(reminder : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_862 )

This manuscript, once part of the library of the Princes of Fürstenberg in Donaueschingen, once thought lost, and once spotted by yours truly at an antique booksellers in Germany (and once also briefly studied there by the godly Matt Galas) has found its final home in Paris, where I've been able to browse through it a few days ago. It has been acquired by a major French public institution I can't disclose now, though a bit of sensible thinking might lead you to which one exactly. A clue would be to say that this institution specialises in Mediaeval things.

Which means that this ms finally leaves the private domain, and will be way more readily available to us for study - just give us time to sort the details out.

This might be preposterous of me, but a matter of fact is that I played a minor role of sorts in this acquisition. The ms will be on public display some time in the future - be patient, I'll keep you posted.

Fab

[Mike Cartier]

great work Fabrice although i was secretly hoping it was a French manual

I have high hopes of a French Longsword work being found you know

keep up the good work

[Brian Hunt]

I am looking forward to seeing images of this manuscript. The sword and buckler looks very similar to that shown by Mair and Wilhalm. Since that is part of my studies I really, REALLY want to see the s&b images.

Thanks for the update, you have brought us really good news over the past couple of days. Please let us know if and when digital images of this are availible.

Thanks for your hard work.

Brian Hunt

ARMA Senior Researcher