Hundfeldt does dagger (94r-97v) and halfsword (87r-93r) in Danzig, halfsword (137r-141r) in Speyer.
And here comes the interesting part.
Danzig is from 1449 and Speyer from 1491. That makes 42 years difference. Which means, that if Grandmaster Hundfeldt was alive in 1491, and dictated / wrote his own part in Speyer, and was, say, 18 years old when the Danzig book was written, then he must have lived at least 60 years. If he already was dead in 1491, which is more likelly, then Hans von Speyer must have had a source for the writing, which was NOT the Danzig, for the two texts are different; this source is not know at the moment.
This indicates that there was a lost book between 91 and 49 in the 15th century, with a teaching of Hundfeldt.
There were seemingly a lot more fechtbuchs that we have today. It's only natural, that in 600 years some are lost, but still. Who knows if Hundfeldt was alive when Danzig wrote his book in the first place! Master Hundfeldt could have been living in the 14th century (and we think I33 is our oldest source).
Szabolcs
PS:Mr Strey, I don't know what you mean. My signature means Order of the Sword, which is our group, and if you mean my name, it means a whole lot different. <img src="/forum/images/icons/confused.gif" alt="" />
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