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is a manuscript dating from around 1389, preserved today in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (Nürnberg).

It contains recipes for a wide range of purposes as well as treatises on martial arts. Most notably, it is the earliest manuscript dealing with the art of fencing with the long sword of Johannes Liechtenauer which remained predominant in the German school of swordsmanship for two centuries to come. See also Historical European Martial Arts.

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• 1r - 5v treatise on fireworks (Marcus Graecus: Liber Ignium)
• 5v magic formulas in Latin and German
• 6r recipes for powders used for paintingThis article is about the painting of a surface for artistic reasons. Painting is also the utilitarian painting of objects and buildings, often done to provide a protective coating or for aesthetic reasons. One possible process for decorative painting of
• 6v - 10v Latin recipes (paint, alchemyJoseph Wright of Derby, 1771) Alchemy is an early protoscientific practice combining elements of chemistry, physics, astrology, art, semiotics, metallurgy, medicine, mysticism, and religion. Two intertwined goals sought by many alchemists were the philoso, medicineSee drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that treat patients. This article is about medical practice. Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health and wellness. Broadly, it is the practical science o)
• 11r - 12r German instructions for the strengthening of ironThis article is about metallic iron. For the ironing device, see ironing manganese iron cobalt Fe Ru Full table General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metal Group, Period, Block 8 (VIIIB), 4 , d Density, Hardness 7874 kg/m3, (Von dem herten. Nu spricht meister Alkaym...)
• 12v - 13r alchemical recipes in Latin
• 13v - 17v treatise on sword fencing, on foot, on horseThis article discusses ungulate mammals. For other meanings of horse see Horse (disambiguation). The Horse Equus caballus is a large ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus''. It has long played an important role in transportatback, unarmoured or armourArmour also spelled armor (especially in American English), is protective plates or clothing meant to shield a human from intentionally inflicted harm. Armour has been in use for all recorded history, beginning with hides, leather, bone, progressing to bred (kunst des fechtens mit deme swerte czu fusse vnd czu rosse blos vnd yn harnuesche)
• 18r - 40r teachings of Johannes Liechtenauer on unarmoured foot combat. (Liechtenauers blozfechten czu fusse)
• 43r - 45v teachings of other masters, in verseVerse is a writing that uses meter as its primary organisational mode, as opposed to prose, which uses grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. Verse may also use rhyme and other technical devices that are often associated with poet (Hanko Döbringer, Andres Juden, Jost von der Neißen, Nidas Preußen).
• 47r - 48v glossA gloss is a note made in the margins or between the lines of a book, in which the meaning of the text in its original language is explained in another language. As such, glosses can vary in thoroughness and complexity, from simple marginal notations of wes on technical terms of the preceding section
• 52v on sportive (non-serious) fencing (Schulfechten)
• 53r - 60v teachings of Liechtenauer on combat on horseback and armoured combat with spear and sword.
• 62r fragment on wrestling
• 64r - 65r recapitulation of the teachings of Liechtenauer
• 66v - 73v astrological texts, magical and medicinal recipes, name magic
• 74r fragment on combat with sword and shield
• 74v - 77v recipes for paint, tumors, metal and ivory treatment
• 78r fragment on combat with the long-staff
• 79r - 81v miscellaneous Latin recipes, treatment of gems, preparation of a miraculous potion
• 82 on combat with the long knife (Messer)
• 83v Latin calendar, 1390- 1495 (the manuscript is dated to 1389 on the basis of this calendar)
• 84r - 85r on combat with daggers
• 85 magical recipes
• 86r - 89r Liechtenauer on wrestling, interspersed with additional recipes
• 90v - 165v recipes for dental hygiene, various alchemical recipes, food recipes, nonsense recipes, in various hands
• 166r - 169v index to the recipes in the manuscript, partly illegible