The Flower of Battle by Fiore

THE FLOWER OF BATTLE
Connecting the Dots

Michael Chidester
Symposium on Historical Arts and Swordsmanship
27 April 2013
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AGENDA
• Intro
• Ludwig von Eyb
• “Die Blume des Kampfes”
• Fiore dei Liberi
• Il Fior di Battaglia
• Comparison
• Outro and Questions
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
LUDWIG (VI) VON EYB
DIE BLUME DES KAMPFES
CODEX 5278
CODEX 5278
CODEX 5278
CODEX 5278
CODEX 5278
MS. B 26
MS. B 26
MS. B 26
MS. B 26
MS. B 26
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
CODEX 10799
GRAPPLING
GRAPPLING
GRAPPLING
SWORD AND SHIELD
[Mark where the Sun gleams upon

the gold or polish of the harness
and goes thereafter. So shall a
manly fighter advance the shield
and overcome his foe with the
Sun’s help. The Sun glints in the
gilding, or shines in the mirroring,
of the pretty plate-armour, which
thus sends rays thereout and into
the foe’s eyes.]
SWORD AND SHIELD
Item; Here there are three techniques hereafter
described. The first is a shot with the spear, the
other a lower stab with the sword, the third is
an upper stab with the sword and these three
German techniques are for when someone in
duelling armour and is armed in accordance
with the German duel custom.
Thus take your spear in your right hand to shoot

away and a strut and a sword with a heavy
pommel open by the blade both together in your
left hand and cover your openings and peer out
and from there with the Pauessen and tread as
well toward him and shoot the spear strongly in
at him and if he receives the shot, then seize
your sword by the hilt and run in at him.
Thus you run his spear away and give him a low
waving leading stab with the approach from the
balance of his helmet repelled and projected
with the same stab. Stab an opponent through
all Duelling combat.
SWORD AND SHIELD
The alternate technique is when
you have thrown your spear and
during the shot thus seize your
sword by the hilt for a low leading
stab and run in. Running thus, you
are off his spear so he shalt receive
a shot and give him also from below
a waving towards him to his
stomach or made a strong shot,
pushing stab and have his sword
separate for a stabbing and not
offline, to let your pauessen drop
and strike in at the head, and off the
arm and hand, as long as you shall
be separate from him and let his
sword then not come any further
toward you.
SWORD AND SHIELD
The third is for when you have
subsequently shot your spear and you
have run in towards him and he gives a
strong heavy stab with a wave at you
treading out of balance that you do
through as his Armour, so Stand him and
have the sword up at him ready to
Hammer And exposure the hand to cover
your openings well with the Hammer
and tread again to the back and …. Your
sword in the hand off the high glove stab
strike and tread in towards him again and
always cover your openings well and
give him yet another upper-glove strike
stab under his neck, strongly from the
balance, and tread then yet again to the
back and drive that always as long as it is
with stabbing and with the high stab to
him so that you do harm him.
SWORD AND SHIELD
FIORE FURLANO
MORGAN (MS. M.383)
GETTY (MS. LUDWIG XV 13)
PISANI DOSSI MS.
PARIS (MS. LATIN 11269)
STRUCTURE
Master
in
Guard
Master Remedy
Master Master
Scholar Contrary Contra-
of the Contrary
Master
Remedy
THE IRON GATE
THE CROWN
THE HORNED ANVIL
THE HORNED ANVIL
COMPARISON
“Here begin Peter's devices: the sword-taking
with counters and grappling…” Peter’s actual device.
COMPARISON
3RD MASTER OF DAGGER
You will go to the ground because

of your lack of knowledge,
And in armour this is a particularly
safe throw.
With this method you will be

driven into the ground. And I
could not make a safer throw,
being armoured. But even without
armour, there is nothing you can
do. And even if you were strong
and powerful, I would still be able
to do this to you.
A good wrestle with the dagger
when armed in accordance with
the German duel, when someone
wishes to strike at you from above,
thus seize him underneath the stab
with the right hand under his arm
close to his hand and pull his arm
strongly toward you to one side,
and during the pull, thus allow him
to come forward and tread around
him with two treads, and during
the step, then seize him by the
neck with his right arm and place
his right leg behind his right leg
and break him strongly from above
by his neck over your right left
onto his back.
LOWER BIND
LOWER BIND
This is called the strong lower lock,

And it is a bind with a great risk of death
But this lock, truth to tell,
If not properly applied can be escaped
from.
This is called the lower lock, also

known as the “strong key”, and from
this bind I can kill you, whether you
are armoured or unarmoured, because
from here I can strike you in all of your
most vulnerable places. And no one can
escape from this bind. And if you are
put into it, as depicted in the drawing,
there you will remain enduring much
pain and suffering.
LOWER BIND
But a similar targeted technique
using the dagger, when someone
wants to strike you from above, so
you will stoop down and catch the
strike on your hand by his arm and
step around with two steps and twist
his arm up around the back and
shove your left arm through it to
hold him by the shoulder, and
weight his arm up and throw him on
his face because he must fall or
break his arm.
SWORD IN ARMOR
SWORD IN ARMOR
This play is also of the Stance of

the True Cross, in this way: that
is that when the scholar is in
that guard, and a player comes
against him and suddenly
attacks, the scholar should step
out of the way and thrust the
point in his face as you see here
done.
SWORD IN ARMOR
The fourth technique you can but
do from an armoured hand with a
high stab, so move in and push his
point off upward and away, and in
the outward motion approach ever
more strongly afterward and in the
approach and bind in by his left and
between your hand with the blade
and the piece in thus to the back
and stab in at his left leg. If he
prohibits this, so let your sword
drop over the pommel and seize
him strongly by the leg with both
hands and arms and pull the legs
strongly away and throw him on
his back.
NEXT STEP: GLADIATORIA
Ms. KK5013 (1430s)

Ms. Germ. Quart. 16
(1435-1440)
Ms. U860.F46.1450 (1440s)
Cod. Guelf. 78.2 Aug. 2°
(1465-1480)
Ms. CL23842 (1490s)
FURTHER READING
Charrette, Robert N. Fiore dei Liberi’s Armizare: The Chivalric
Martial Arts System of Il Fior di Battaglia. Wheaton, IL:
Freelance Academy Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9825911-7-8
dei Liberi, Fiore; Leoni, Tommaso. Fiore de’ Liberi’s Fior di
Battaglia. Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press, 2012.
dei Liberi, Fiore; Rubboli, Marco; Cesari, Luca. Flos
Duellatorum. Manuale di Arte del Combattimento del XV
secolo. Rome: Il Cerchio Iniziative Editoriali, 2002. ISBN 88-
8474-023-1
Malipiero, Massimo. Il Fior di battaglia di Fiore dei Liberi da
Cividale: Il Codice Ludwing XV 13 del J. Paul Getty Museum.
Udine: Ribis, 2006. ISBN 887-44503-5-4
CONCLUSION
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THE FLOWER OF BATTLE

Connecting the Dots

[Mark where the Sun gleams upon

Thus take your spear in your right hand to shoot

You will go to the ground because

With this method you will be

This is called the strong lower lock,

This is called the lower lock, also

This play is also of the Stance of

Ms. KK5013 (1430s)

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