Gladiatoria
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Gladiatoria is the name given to an anonymous mid 15th century German Fechtbuch, formerly kept at the Preussische Königliche Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, now at the Biblioteka Jagiellońska in Kraków, Poland. Consisting of 59 parchment folia with drawings and German commentary, it mostly displays armoured foot combat with various arms, with depictions some unarmoured combat on 49v–55v (Stechschild, sword and buckler, messer, staff). The techniques depicted have some peculiarities not known from other Fechtbücher, and it is considered as not directly influenced by the mainstream German school based on the teachings of Liechtenauer's.
