The Original Longsword / Messer "Cheat-sheet"

Enjoy this 15th century cheat-sheet, comparison of the German Longsword and the Langes Messer as described to us by Andreas, "included in a 1491 manuscript compiled by Hans von Speyer (MS M.I.29)[1]"



My favorite page is the one with the manic-looking charts: proof that HEMA has always made people hysterical... but, then again, I  might be projecting.

MS M.I.29 007r



[1] https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Andreas