Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova (1531)
by
Antonio Manciolino
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Dating from the 1520’s, Bolognese swordsmaster’s Antonio Manciolino’s Opera Nova is the earliest surviving printed book on Italian martial arts. This seminal and eclectic Renaissance work contains clear and systematic instruction on the use of the sword and small buckler, sword and large buckler,...