Paulus Hector Mair

Born 1517, Augsburg
Died 1579

Also known as

Paul Hektor Mayr

Description

Augsburg patrician and city official who spent lavish sums compiling huge illustrated compendia of fencing manuscripts to preserve the older German teachings; at least three survive. He likely trained with the masters of the Augsburg fencing guild. His spending led to embezzlement and his execution in 1579.

Sources

“Mair was an Augsburg town bureaucrat who spent lavish sums of money to create huge, full-color compendia of fencing manuscripts, at least three of which survive to this day.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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