There is an ever-growing number of written and digital resources for students of Historical European Martial Arts in general, and Armizare in particular. As with any media, these can be of varying quality, but some of the more important and/or easily available resources are listed below.
Manuscript Resources
MS. Ludwig 13 — J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, CA
MS M.383 — Pierpoint-Morgan Library, New York, NY
MS Latin 11269 — Bibliotheque National, Paris
The Wiktenauer
Despite its name (a play on the name of medieval fencing master Johannes Liechtenauer), it contains a vast array of information on various traditions and manuscripts from medieval and renaissance Europe. Of particular import to us are the Fiore dei Liberi pages, as well as the treatise pages relevant to l’arte dell’armizare.
Books
English Language
Flowers of Battle: The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi (4 2018) — Tom Leoni and Gregory Mele
Arte Gladiatoria: the 15th-century swordsmanship of Filippo Vadi (Out of Print) -– Luca Porzio & Gregory Mele (Chicago Swordplay Guild)
Fiore dei Liberi’s Armizare: The Chivalric Martial Arts System of Il Fior di Battaglia (2011) — Robert N. Charrette
The Knightly Art of Battle (2011) — Ken Mondschein
Mastering the Art of Arms, Vol I: The Medieval Dagger (2012) — Guy Windsor
Primoris: The Rob Lovett Fiore Dei Liberi Training System –- Mark Lanster, Mark Berryman & James Peyton
The Swordsman’s Companion — Guy Windsor
Veni Vadi Vici (2014) — Guy Windsor
Italian Language
*Asterisked works are available free on this site.
1409-2002 FLOS DUELLATORUM: La pietra miliare della scuola marziale italiana (2002) — Graziano Galvani
*Fiore da Premariacco (1907) — Luigi Zanutto
Florius. De arte luctandi. Traduzione e cura del testo di Francesco Lodà (2014) — Francesco Lodà
*Flos Duellatorum, In Arnis, Sine Arnis, Equester, Pedester — Il Fior di Battaglia di Maestro Fiore dei Liberi da Premariacco (1902) — Francesco Novati
Flos Duellatorum. Manuale di Arte del Combattimento del XV secolo (2002) – Marco Rubboli and Luca Cesari
Il Fior di battaglia di Fiore dei Liberi da Cividale: Il Codice Ludwing XV 13 del J. Paul Getty Museum (2006) — Massimo Malipiero (Out of Print)
L’arte cavalleresca del combattimento — Marco Rubboli and Luca Cesari
Print Articles
Charrette, Robert N, “Patterns of Remedy in Il Fior di Battaglia” in Mondschein, Ken and Cramer, Michael (ed.), “Can These Bones Come to Life? Insights from Re-construction, Re-enactment & Re-creation, Vol. I: Historical European Martial Arts. Papers Sponsored by the Higgins Armory Museum and Oakshott Institute at the International Medievalist Conference (2005 – 2011), Freelance Academy Press, Wheaton, IL 2014.
Hayes, Sean, “Memory and Performance: Visual and Rhetorical Strategies of Medieval Martial Arts Texts” in Mondschein, Ken and Cramer, Michael (ed.), “Can These Bones Come to Life? Insights from Re-construction, Re-enactment & Re-creation, Vol. I: Historical European Martial Arts. Papers Sponsored by the Higgins Armory Museum and Oakshott Institute at the International Medievalist Conference (2005 – 2011), Freelance Academy Press, Wheaton, IL 2014.