Codex Vindobonensis B 11093
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The Codex Vindobonensis B 11093 (Code of the Austrian National Library
at Vienna
) is an anonymous fechtbuch
of 46 pages of drawn illustrations only, with no text, dating to the mid 15th century, probably created in southern Germany
. It has been grouped together with the "Gladiatoria
" fechtbuch, forming a "Gladiatoria group" outside the mainstream of Johannes Liechtenauer's school.
Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library , is the largest library in Austria, with 7.4 million items in its collections. It is located in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna; since 2005 some of the collections are located in the baroque Palais Mollard-Clary...
at Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
) is an anonymous fechtbuch
Fechtbuch
Martial arts manuals are instructions, with or without illustrations, detailing specific techniques of martial arts.Prose descriptions of martial arts techniques appear late within the history of literature, due to the inherent difficulties of describing a technique rather than just demonstrating...
of 46 pages of drawn illustrations only, with no text, dating to the mid 15th century, probably created in southern Germany
Southern Germany
The term Southern Germany is used to describe a region in the south of Germany. There is no specific boundary to the region, but it usually includes all of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, and the southern part of Hesse...
. It has been grouped together with the "Gladiatoria
Gladiatoria
Gladiatoria is the name given to an anonymous mid 15th century German Fechtbuch, formerly kept at the Preussische Königliche Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, now at the Biblioteka Jagiellońska in Kraków, Poland...
" fechtbuch, forming a "Gladiatoria group" outside the mainstream of Johannes Liechtenauer's school.