Da Vinci and fencing

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Da Vinci and fencing

Postby KiliK » 25 Jun 2018 18:47

"[Leonard de Vinci] fit même un Livre [...] pour Gentil Borromée Maître d’Armes : ce Livre ne contenait que des combats d’hommes à pied & à cheval, & Léonard avait eu soin d’y donner des exemples de toutes les règles de l’Art, & de les réduire, pour ainsi dire, en pratique dans les combats qu’il avait représenté. [...] Après la mort de Léonard, ces ouvrages furent abandonnés, & demeurèrent longtemps chez Messieurs Melzi, dans leur Maison de Vaverola, & ensuite ils furent dispersés de tous côtés, comme je le dirai dans la suite."
Traité de la peinture De Leonardo da Vinci chez Pierre-François Giffart, 1716

[Leonardo da Vinci] made a Book [...] for Gentil Borromee Master of arms : this Book contained only men's fights on foot and on horseback, and Leonard was careful to give examples of all the rules of art, and to reduce them, so to speak, in practice in the combats he had represented. [...] After the death of Leonardo, these works were abandoned, and remained for a long time at Melzi's house, in their House of VaverolIa, and then they were scattered on all sides, as I will say later.
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Re: Da Vinci and fencing

Postby Mikarmatura » 24 Jul 2018 08:40

"Après la mort de Léonard, les manuscrits deviennent la propriété de Francesco Melzi, son disciple et fidèle compagnon...
....Léoni récupère également dix des treize manuscrits des frères Mazenta ; les trois autres, manquants, avaient été offerts au Cardinal Borromeo (Ms C) qui, à son tour, les offrit à la Bibliothèque Ambroisienne de Milan."
http://www.snof.org/encyclopedie/fantastique-l%C3%A9onard-de-vinci-notes-et-manuscrits
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"After the death of Leonard, the manuscripts become the property of Francesco Melzi, his disciple and faithful companion ...
.... Leoni also retrieves ten of the thirteen manuscripts of the Mazenta brothers; the other three, missing, had been offered to Cardinal Borromeo (Ms C) who, in turn, offered them to the Ambroisian Library of Milan. "
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Is it possible that the author could make a confusion between Borrommée (Borromeo) the cardinal and Borromée the master of arms quoted in the novel of Alexandre Dumas "Les Quarante-Cinq" ?==>
https://books.google.fr/books?id=dxE_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=borrom%C3%A9e+maitre+d'armes&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifn_nAnLfcAhWGL1AKHR3TBV4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=borrom%C3%A9e%20maitre%20d'armes&f=false

Is it possible that these drawings are in the "Atlantico codex" of the VENERANDA BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA at Milan? ==> http://www.ambrosiana.eu/cms/introduzione_al_codice_atlantico-1722.html
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