Frontispiece to l'Almanac d'Escrime

Title: Frontispiece to l'Almanac d'Escrime
Subject: Fencing in Popular Culture; Teaching
Description: Frontispiece to "L'Almanach de l'Escrime" by fencing master Arsène Vigeant. Depicts a fencing master and student both in full fencing attire. Includes an excerpt of the poem "Ballade en l'Honnor de Vigeant" written in July 1888 by François Coppée, which was typed in full on the proceeding pages of the text. The excerpt reads:"La rapière, arme de butor,Traîne au flanc des "Miasons Moussues"Et le futur herr ProfessorEst fier des balafres reçues.Mais le sabre lourd vainementA l'épée a fait concurrence;Et, pour se battre galamment,Il n'est de fin fleuret qu'en France......................Envoi.Maître, il reviendra, l'Allemand.O victoire! O chère espérance!...Enseigne-nous ton art charmant.Il n'est de fin fleuret qu'en France.
Creator: Frédéric Régamey
Source: Arsène Vigeant, "L'Almanach de l'Escrime", Quantin, Paris, 1889
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: 1889
Temporal Coverage: 1880s
Contributor: Quantin (Publisher); François Coppée (poem author)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Language: French
Type: Illustration
Identifier: 2019.02.001
Provenance: Borrowed for digitization from Michigan State University Libraries; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles