Illuminated Fightbook I.33 – EXTRAORDINARY EDITIONS 2013
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Illuminated Fightbook, Royal Armouries Manuscript 1.33 – EXTRAORDINARY EDITIONS 2013
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
EXTRAORDINARY EDITIONS LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE
No. 72 of 674 copies.
FACSIMILE VOLUME
32 mock parchment leaves (64 pages)
Added ephemera found in original included.
Plain white endpapers.
Replica fourteenth century white Nigerian goatskin binding with a gilt blocked spine and cover image, and raised bands over wood/composite boards.
30 x 23 cm.
COMPANION VOLUME
Full transcription and translation of every page.
Introduction by Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng.
Bound in black cloth with gilt cover image.
Reproductions of pages in facsimile volume.
Colour illustrations.
Two colour title page.
Numbered same as facsimile volume.
127 pages. 24x16cm.
SOLANDER BOX
Burgundy buckram covered solander box.
Companion volume sits in a recess beneath the facsimile copy.
Lined with silver silk.
Book lift ribbon.
Leather label on spine with gold blocked 1.33.
33.9x26.6cm.
A$1800
This the oldest known manual of swordsmanship in the western canon. Dated to 1310, it is a stunning and beautiful medieval work of art and the Armouries most treasured manuscript, one that is so famous it has become known by its shelf number – I.33.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
EXTRAORDINARY EDITIONS LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE
No. 72 of 674 copies.
FACSIMILE VOLUME
32 mock parchment leaves (64 pages)
Added ephemera found in original included.
Plain white endpapers.
Replica fourteenth century white Nigerian goatskin binding with a gilt blocked spine and cover image, and raised bands over wood/composite boards.
30 x 23 cm.
COMPANION VOLUME
Full transcription and translation of every page.
Introduction by Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng.
Bound in black cloth with gilt cover image.
Reproductions of pages in facsimile volume.
Colour illustrations.
Two colour title page.
Numbered same as facsimile volume.
127 pages. 24x16cm.
SOLANDER BOX
Burgundy buckram covered solander box.
Companion volume sits in a recess beneath the facsimile copy.
Lined with silver silk.
Book lift ribbon.
Leather label on spine with gold blocked 1.33.
33.9x26.6cm.
A$1800
This the oldest known manual of swordsmanship in the western canon. Dated to 1310, it is a stunning and beautiful medieval work of art and the Armouries most treasured manuscript, one that is so famous it has become known by its shelf number – I.33.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
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To my mind, this is an exceptionally well-designed facsimile. One can appreciate the beauty of the original work and also acquire an understanding of it through the bicolor printing of original text and English translation on the same page. It certainly does qualify as an Extraordinary Edition.
To my mind, this is an exceptionally well-designed facsimile. One can appreciate the beauty of the original work and also acquire an understanding of it through the bicolor printing of original text and English translation on the same page. It certainly does qualify as an Extraordinary Edition.
