Scola, overo, Teatro : nelquale sono rappresentate diuerse maniere e modi di parare e di ferire di spada sola, e di spada e pugnale : doue ogni studioso potrà essercitarsi & farsi prattico nella professione dell'armi
A 1628 Italian fencing manual printed in Padua by Paolo Frambotto, written by Nicoletto Giganti with plates attributed to Odoardo Fialetti, meant for students of the sword to practise parries and thrusts with the sword alone and with sword and dagger. The pictures here are repeated woodcut decorative friezes of scrolling foliage, birds, and fantastic animals in a horizontal band, which a designer could adapt as a border or ornamental strip.
