Francesco Altoni

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Francesco Altoni is a master from Florence with two surviving fencing manuscripts. The date of the manuscripts (based on their dedication to Cosimo I de' Medici as the Duke of Tuscany) are from between 1537 and 1569.

Like his Bolognese contemporaries, Altoni covered a variety of weapons and weapon combinations, including sword alone, sword and targa, sword and buckler, sword and rotella, sword and dagger, sword and cape, two swords, and sword for two hands.

A transcription of the manuscripts was published by Il Cerchio in 2008.