Sources, licences and attribution
This registry lists every source the content refers to, what licence it carries, and whether a maintainer has verified it. Historical manuscripts are public domain; modern translations, photographs and videos usually are not, so the app links to them rather than reproducing them.
Traditions covered
Fiore dei Liberi
Early 15th century · Northern Italy
The Italian master Fiore dei Liberi left several richly illustrated manuscripts covering wrestling, dagger, sword in one and two hands, polearms and mounted combat. Included here as a placeholder tradition to show that the content model is not tied to the German sources; no Fiore content has been written yet.
Liechtenauer tradition
Late 14th to 16th century · Holy Roman Empire (German-speaking lands)
A lineage of fencing teaching associated with the master Johannes Liechtenauer, whose art survives as a terse mnemonic poem (the Zettel) that later masters glossed and expanded. The longsword teaching stresses seizing the initiative, five "master cuts" that attack and defend in one motion, and working from the bind by feeling the opponent's pressure.
Joachim Meyer (1570)
16th century · Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire
Joachim Meyer's printed treatise of 1570 descends from the Liechtenauer tradition but reorganises it for a civic fencing culture that mostly used blunt practice swords and favoured cutting over thrusting. Meyer adds guards and cuts, structures a bout into approach, handwork and withdrawal, and gives long worked examples ("devices") that move between guards.
| Source | Type | Licence | Reuse | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codex Danzig (Cod. 44.A.8), Wiktenauer manuscript page Peter von Danzig zum Ingolstadt (compiler), 1452 | Manuscript | Manuscript public domain; Wiktenauer article text CC BY-SA 4.0; scans and translations as marked on the page | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020), Wiktenauer manuscript page Anonymous, c. 1510–1520 An illustrated copy of the Liechtenauer longsword gloss; useful for pictures of the guards. | Manuscript | Manuscript public domain; Wiktenauer article text CC BY-SA 4.0; scans and translations as marked on the page | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (1570), Wiktenauer page Joachim Meyer, 1570 Meyer's printed treatise. The longsword section is the basis for the Meyer interpretations in this app. | Printed book public domain; Wiktenauer article text CC BY-SA 4.0; translations as marked on the page | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 | |
| Joachim Meyer (Wiktenauer article) Wiktenauer contributors | Website | Article text CC BY-SA 4.0; hosted translations generally CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Johannes Liechtenauer (Wiktenauer article, with the Zettel and its glosses) Wiktenauer contributors Entry point for the Zettel (Liechtenauer's mnemonic verses) and the side-by-side glosses. Use it to read the primary text in context. We link rather than quote translations because their licences vary by translator. | Website | Article text CC BY-SA 4.0; hosted translations generally CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; the historical text is public domain | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| LearnHEMA original educational content LearnHEMA contributors Explanations, scenarios and schematic visualisations written for this project. They are modern instructional simplifications informed by the sources listed in the registry, not reproductions of historical text. | Original | CC BY-SA 4.0 | reproduce | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Nuremberg Hausbuch (MS 3227a), Wiktenauer transcription page Anonymous (formerly attributed to Hanko Döbringer), c. 1389 (dating debated) The earliest known commentary on Liechtenauer's verses. Notable for its insistence on the Vorschlag (first strike) and on seizing the Vor. | Manuscript | Manuscript public domain; Wiktenauer article text CC BY-SA 4.0; translations as marked on the page | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Pseudo-Peter von Danzig (Wiktenauer article and gloss) Wiktenauer contributors The other major 15th-century gloss on the Zettel, surviving in several manuscripts including the Codex Danzig. | Website | Article text CC BY-SA 4.0; hosted translations generally CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Sigmund ain Ringeck (Wiktenauer article and gloss) Wiktenauer contributors Ringeck's gloss on the Zettel is one of the two main 15th-century commentaries used to interpret the longsword teaching. | Website | Article text CC BY-SA 4.0; hosted translations generally CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
| Wiktenauer: Copyrights (licensing policy) Wiktenauer contributors States that original Wiktenauer content is CC BY-SA 4.0 while donated transcriptions and translations are generally CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This is why the app links to translations instead of reproducing them. | Website | CC BY-SA 4.0 | link-only | verified 2026-10-20 |
This project's own content
Explanations, scenarios and diagrams written for LearnHEMA are released under CC BY-SA 4.0; the code is MIT. They are modern instructional simplifications informed by the sources above. Where a tradition's reading is noted, its confidence is labelled "well-attested", "interpretive" or "speculative".