title: The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship: A Facsimile & Translation of Europe's Oldest Personal Combat Treatise, Royal Armouries MS I.33 (Royal Armouries Monograph)
author: Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng
description: Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng, curator for Arms &amp; Armor at the Higgins Armoury in Wochester, MA, is a well known philologist and expert in medieval texts, as well as a practitioner of historical martial arts.
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  # **V ENI VADI VICI**
  
  
  **A transcription, translation and commentary of Philippo Vadi’s** ** _De Arte
  Gladiatoria Dimicandi_**
  
  
  ## **GUY WINDSOR**
  
  
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