Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo (Book III, English Translation)

Angelo Viggiani: Lo Schermo (Book III, English Translation)With this book, experienced historical fencing author Tom Leoni has translated the fencing section of Angelo Viggiani's important text, Lo Schermo (written circa 1550). This book, in dialog form, is important because it is the only one that describes, in great details, the biomechanics of the Bolognese single sword fencing style of the time. As such, it is not only a valuable historical fencing resource in itself but it also serves as a key to

With this book, experienced historical-fencing author Tom Leoni has translated the fencing section of Angelo Viggiani's important text, Lo Schermo (written circa 1550). This book, in dialog form, is important because it is the only one that describes, in great details, the biomechanics of the Bolognese single-sword fencing style of the time. As such, it is not only a valuable historical-fencing resource in itself--but it also serves as a key to interpret other texts of the time (e.g., Marozzo, Manciolino, Dall'Agocchie) more accurately.

Includes a historical and stylistic introduction, and the full translation of Book III, amply annotated to be more useful to the student of the sword. The original illustrations of the tree-diagrams of attacks and guards, as well as of the seven guards described by Viggiani.