Ben Conan

New #HEMA book in open-access ! "Le sport, la mort et le pâté en croûte" contains the proceedings from both conferences organized by the French Federation in 2020 & 2022, directed by Olivier Dupuis & Ju Garry-Combet. solstices-project.com/produit/pdf-...

Many of you know what this is about by now. #Marquisattack is a once-a-year gathering of #HEMA excellence that we have the privilege to host in our beautiful city for the 7th time.

We had fantastic feedback from the previous editions - the limited size of the event and the low entry fee made for a bit of competition for a seat these past years. Contributing is also a way to avoid the dreaded waiting list.

Many of you know what this is about by now. #Marquisattack is a once-a-year gathering of #HEMA excellence that we have the privilege to host in our beautiful city for the 7th time.

"New" source just dropped - what appears to be a 17th century copy of GA Lovino manuscript illustrations, bought and digitized by the French #HEMA federation through the PALAS project. www.ffamhe.fr/archives/5097

Lovino is the author of Ms.Italien 959, kept in the BNF in Paris, a comprehensive #fencing treatise from 1580, richly illustrated. Fully transcribed and translated in French by Lionel Lauvernay - ensiludium.free.fr/Lovino%20v7....

In the collection of the National Library of Portugal rests a 500pages long illustrated manuscript in spanish from the 17th century entitled "De la Verdadera #Destreza" - which sounds exciting for anyone fond of geometry and #HEMA (there are dozens of us !)

As enticing as it sounds - unfortunately, it "only" contains an incomplete copy of the Libro de las Grandezas de la Espada by Luis Pacheco de Narváez, probably copied from the 1600 edition.

In the collection of the National Library of Portugal rests a 500pages long illustrated manuscript in spanish from the 17th century entitled "De la Verdadera #Destreza" - which sounds exciting for anyone fond of geometry and #HEMA (there are dozens of us !)

Last year, I went digging through digital library catalogs and found some previously unknown #HEMA stuff : a 1618 German rapier manual (ugly hand-drawn illustrations), a 19th-century copy of a 17th-century copy of the Dürer Fechtbuch, and a 1781 French & German fencing book by Sir Vodromont.

Scans should be available on the Prague museum website within the year - hopefully as soon as June. this is an important piece of French fencing history, and I'm glad to be part of its re-discovery.

Last year, I went digging through digital library catalogs and found some previously unknown #HEMA stuff : a 1618 German rapier manual (ugly hand-drawn illustrations), a 19th-century copy of a 17th-century copy of the Dürer Fechtbuch, and a 1781 French & German fencing book by Sir Vodromont.

The Rennes library’s viewer isn’t the easiest to use, so I painstakingly compiled the images of Ms. 2348 into a cleaner PDF. Both the transcription and the PDF are available on the FFAMHE wiki recently updated : 🔗 wiki.ffamhe.fr/Ren%C3%A9_Bret #OpenAccess #FencingResources

Last year, I went digging through digital library catalogs and found some previously unknown #HEMA stuff : a 1618 German rapier manual (ugly hand-drawn illustrations), a 19th-century copy of a 17th-century copy of the Dürer Fechtbuch, and a 1781 French & German fencing book by Sir Vodromont.

Another interesting find was a catalog entry for Ms. XG 21 in the Knihovna Národního muzea — attributed to "La Fresnaye." If you’re into 17th-century French rapier (you freak), that name should ring a bell.

I'll teach both a #HEMA workshop and a conference in September in Switzerland with @heleneleblanc.bsky.social at #SwissBlades.

The conference will be a presentation of the Mars & Sol collection we co-direct. Its principles, its goals and its opportunities.

I'll teach both a #HEMA workshop and a conference in September in Switzerland with @heleneleblanc.bsky.social at #SwissBlades.