Codex Wallerstein

The Codex Wallerstein (Augsburg University library I.6.4.2) is a 15th century fechtbuch mostly dated to ca. the 1470s (although it has also been dated to the 1430s). The title Vom Baumans Fechtbuch appears on the first page, together with the date 1549. The Codex came in the possession of Paulus Hector Mair in 1556. It consists of 221 pages, illustrating techniques of fighting with the longsword, dussack and dagger, armored and unarmored, as well a system of grappling.

See also

• Fechtbuch
• HEMA

External links

• http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/CodexW.htm
• http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bookReviews/cvet_wallerstein.htm