Origin of texts (kinda)

[Sal Bertucci]

Hey,

I was going through the online research papers/books, and I noted that, as previously mentioned, they tend to be of English, German, or Italian origin. I noticed much less Spanish manuals. Is this because there were less Spanish manuals that survived, or just that we don't have as many on display here?

I was mainly asking because I can read/muddle through old Spanish, but understanding the commentary of drawings in Italian or German is magnitudes more difficult for me.

[Antonio Delgado]

I actually just happened to be reading about this in Sydney Anglo's The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe.

I quote " In Spain, with the exception of a fencing manual by Fransico Roman (which certainly existed but has not been located), publications were more concerned with mounted combat and horsemanship, and it is not until Carranza's "Philosofia de las armas" (1582) that there is a significant Spanish contribution to the art of the sword."

I'm sure that is not the whole story, but hopefully it helps.

[Audra Grapes]

Also, check out this article written back in 99:

http://www.thearma.org/essays/Monte.htm

I'm not sure what happened to the research being done in this area but I thought Pietro Monte sounded like an interesting guy...

Note, his works were written in Latin but included Spanish and Italian.

[Axel Pettersson]

Matt Galas and Steve Hick found a manuscript on the "montante" two handed Iberian sword. I can't remember if it was spanish or portugese though. I think they have held classes on it at events.

[Sal Bertucci]

That was both interesting and insightful. Thanks.