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MS 383

"The Morgan" manuscript by Fiore dei Liberi (author).
47 pages, US Letter, unillustrated, softback cover, perfect binding.
Translated by Bruno Nicoletti.
ISBN : 978-1-0681698-6-1

About The Book.

An unillustrated transcription and translation of Fiore dei Liberi's untitled manuscript commonly known as "The Morgan" and "MS.383". Dating from the early C15th, it shows how to fight for your life in armour and out, on horse or on foot, with spear and sword. The Morgan closely copies "The Getty" manuscript, with similar text and illustrations. The manuscript has lost many of its pages, and given the similarity to The Getty it is often overlooked, however to the serious scholar of Fiore is it still a useful source.

Sadly the original manuscript could not be reproduced in this translation, though links are provided to manuscript's scans on the Morgan Library's website for reference.

About The Author.

Barely appearing in the historical record, Fiore dei Liberi lived in Italy during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century, serving as a condottiero to the city of Udine, a martial instructor to Italian and German knights and nobility as well as being an acomplished duellist by his own account. His are some of the earliest works on European martial arts, with four illustrated manuscripts known to have survived to this day. In them he describes a true martial system for the late mediaeval man at arms.