Venetian Rapier: Nicoletto Giganti´s 1606 Rapier Fencing Curriculum
Tom Leoni
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Description for Venetian Rapier: Nicoletto Giganti´s 1606 Rapier Fencing Curriculum
Paperback. "The only attribution I have seen concerning the illustrations .. is to the Bolognese engraver Edoardo Fialet."--Introd. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; JWXZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
Perhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and how it was taught? This book takes you to the fencing School, or Salle, of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of Venice, one among the period teachers leaving instructions on the use of this weapon. More uniquely, his 1606 text The School, or Salle is a veritable training curriculum, with its stepwise lessons and easy-to-follow explanations on the use of the rapier alone and rapier and dagger. This faithful translation of Giganti's The School by internationally-known rapier teacher ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
FreeLance Academy Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
IL, United States
ISBN
9780982591123
SKU
V9780982591123
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-28
About Tom Leoni
Tom Leoni was born in Switzerland and grew up in Northern Italy. Since an early age, he developed a passion for antique arms and armour and Renaissance-Baroque culture. His meticulous research of Italian swordsmanship treatises helped him become an internationally-known teacher specialising in the Italian styles of the 1500s and 1600s. In 2005, Tom published an English translation of Master ... Read more
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