A full-color reproduction of the Bavarian State Library's manuscript Cgm 582, a German fencing manual dedicated to the Messer commissioned by Hans Leck chner in 1482. Leck chner's most elaborate manuscript, it excels his earlier works both in its length-it is half again as long as CPG 430-and in that nearly every page includes a lavish watercolor illustration by an artist from the circle of Michel Wolgemut. Indeed, there is no other 15th century...