Il Fior di Battaglia by Fiore dei Liberi, with translation by Guy Windsor (hardback)

The book is handsome and well made, and a great addition to my growing collection.

It's a fascinating translation, and the layout of the translated section is wonderful. The colored tabs marking off each section of the manuscript is a subtle touch that I really appreciate.

An excellent book on all levels. I highly recommend getting it.

The best way for me to describe the work by Master Windsor would be to say that it is as tidy a piece of scholarship as the HEMA community has seen on Fiore. I'm astonished at the scope of this project and at the precision with which Guy and his team have executed it. It is truly a blessing for HEMA instructors to have in their library, and to use it as an aid in my instruction has been invaluable in the last few weeks. In point of fact, it has given me inspiration to resume work on my own piece of scholarship. Each time I teach from his facsimile I am instantly renewed with the spirit of swordsmanship that is required to complete such projects. I began my career in HEMA with instruction from Master Windsor, have been spurred to scholarly action by his library, and now cite this tremendous facsimile through my own current book. Without Guy, and now this text, my Academy and job would not exist, and I can definitively say that any instructor of European swordplay is doing themselves a disservice should they not attend to this work as a portion of their canonical teachings. I have to get back to writing about Vadi now. If it ever sees the light of day, perhaps I'll send the maestro a copy of my book as a thank you. Thanks for yet another masterpiece, Guy. We your students salute you.

I seems to me that Guy is a craftsman. If his client can afford quality, he’ll bring it. I know I can take this book to class, pass it around, flatten it to the page we’re working on and allow coffee and tea stains to show this book is worthy of a work bench. I’ve books I am tender with and they look like this one, but this is a working book, so it’s dog ears and dents for this one. Thanks for the quality…. Oh and of course, it is what’s inside that counts, and it does count. You can judge this book by its cover. Truly, fantastic book.