The Salvator Fabris Project -The Salvator Fabris Project

BOSTON - Nov. 18, 2022 - PRLog -- The Salvator Fabris Project

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For Immediate Release:

OCT 24^th 2022 -- Michael Chidester is proud to announce the launch of their first project on INDIEGOGO https://igg.me/at/fabris/x#/updates/all

They are developing new resources for the study of Salvator Fabris, including a full facsimile!

Name is Michael Chidester. He started HEMA in 2001, and since 2010 He has been leading a project called Wiktenauer. Wiktenauer grew out of a desire to set the text of their fencing manuals free from the page and put it into the hands of fencers. In 2019, He started a venture called HEMA Bookshelf with a different objective: to put the page, and the whole book, into your hands as well—specifically, the 1606 rapier treatise of Salvator Fabris, titled De lo Schermo, overo Scienza d'Arme ("On Defense, or the Science of Arms") or Sienza e Pratica d'Arme ("Science and Practice of Arms").

This seminal work was first printed in Copenhagen by Henrico Waltkirch. It was based on Fabris' earlier manuscript treatise (GKS 1868 4040); the text was rewritten in a more flowery style, and the artwork of the manuscript (which was drawn from life) was redrawn in a classical style. It included a title page and portraits engraved by Nicolaus Andrea of Flensburg, heraldry and most illustrations by Christian Ⅳ's court artist Jan van Halbeeck, and additional illustrations by Francesco Valesio.

This book was enormously popular in its own time, especially in Northern Europe, and remains popular as a foundational source for the study of rapier today.

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