Giuseppe Colombani is known as ''l'Alfier lombardo'' (the Pride of

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. It's unrelated to

Francesco Alfieri Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri, was a famous Fencing, fencer in the 17th century. He was a representative of the Venetian school of fencing and “Maestro D’Armeuvkb” to the Accademia Delia in Padua in 1640. Alfieri was originally from Padua, ...

- the Italian word l'Alfier(e) means "the standard bearer".) He wrote a

treatise A treatise is a Formality, formal and systematic written discourse on some subject concerned with investigating or exposing the main principles of the subject and its conclusions."mwod:treatise, Treatise." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Acc ...

on martial arts, published in 1711. It is the latest known treatise discussing the ''spadone'', or

longsword A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed use (around ), a straight double-edged blade of around , and weighing approximatel ...

, before the revivalist movements of

historical fencing Historical European martial arts (HEMA) are martial arts of European origin, particularly using arts formerly practised, but having since died out or evolved into very different forms. While there is limited surviving documentation of the mar ...

in the 20th century.

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