Cgm 558


The Cgm 558, or Codex germanicus monacensis, is a convolution of two 15th-century manuscripts with a total of 176 folia, bound together in the 16th century. It is kept at the Bavarian library in Munich. The first manuscript
contains two chronicles composed by one Otmar Gassow in 1462, one concerned with Zürich, the other with the Toggenburg, and a copy of the 13th century Schwabenspiegel law codex.

Contents

  • first part, by Otmar Gossow 1462, foll. 1-100.
  • *1r-94v: Schwabenspiegel
  • *94v-100r Landfried König Rudolf, 1287
  • second part, in two 15th century hands, foll. 101-160.
  • *scribe A, 101-124
  • **101r-109v Chronik von Zürich, Eberhard von Müllner
  • **109v-113r Chronistische Notizen zur Schweizergeschichte, 1385-1446, appendix to the Zürich chronicle)
  • **113r-124r Kleine Toggenburger Chronik, 1314
  • *scribe B, 125-150
  • **125r-136v Fechtbuch
  • **136r-141r Lehre von den Zeichen des Hirsches
  • **141r-150r Beizbüchlein
  • *scribe A, 151-160
  • **151r-153r Planetenverse
  • **153r-160r ''Monatsregimen, mit verworfenen Tagen''

The Fechtbuch

The second part contains a short Fechtbuch on 12 pages, penned in Hand B, attributed on fol. 141r to per manus Hugonis dicti Wittenwiller, together with an illegible date. The text's language is High Alemannic, and it was probably written in or near the Toggenburg.
The treatise consists of 122 short paragraphs, numbered by de Grenier, treating the long sword, pole weapons, combat on horseback with sword or spear, the baselard, dagger on foot and on horseback, knife, unarmed defense against an attack with a baselard, a dagger or a knife and grappling.
Paragraphs numbered 44 consists of three rhymed couplets, the last one reading
This is reminiscent of one of Johannes Liechtenauer's verses, cf.
The long sword terminology seems also loosely influenced by the German school, but it has some terms that are not encountered elsewhere, drig angel "triangle" ).