ID: 901000938 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000938	Record Type: Literature

	Fior di Battaglia, Il (manual, Premariacco, 14th century)

Note: By the greatest fencing-master of the late 1300s, Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, instructs the reader in the intricacies of combat. Through words and pictures, the manuscript teaches a variety of fighting techniques including single combat on foot with sword, dagger, and ax, and also mounted combat in all its variations. Nicolò III d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, ordered at least three copies of this text.

Display Date: late 1300s

Names:

	Fior di Battaglia, Il (manual, Premariacco, 14th century) (preferred,Italian-P,D)
	Fior di Battaglia, Il (manual, Premariacco, 14th century) (English-P,D)
	Flower of Battle (manual, Premariacco, 14th century) (t,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia> (P)
		............Fior di Battaglia, Il (manual, Premariacco, 14th century) (P)

Other Relationships:

	patron is .... Nicolò III d’Este (Italian condottiere, marquis, 1383-1441)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	author is .... Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian author, born ca. 1340/1350)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... manual (instructional material)
	.....(instructional materials, documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... fencing (martial art activity)
	.....(martial arts, public and interactive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Fior di Battaglia, Il (manual, Premariacco, 14th century)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	Flower of Battle (manual, Premariacco, 14th century)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)