Liber marescalcia equorum

Description

Title: Liber marescalcia equorum
Creator: Rufus, Jordanus, fl. ca. 1225-1250
Published / Created: [ca. 1350]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of an anonymous Italian translation of Giordano Ruffo, Liber marescalcia equorum, as well as recipes for various equine illnesses and schematic drawings of bits
Description: In Italian.
Script: main text copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria.
Capitals and headings in red in main text. Diagrams of various bits for horses on ff. 39v and 40r.
Binding: S. XX binding: plain parchment over cardboard.
Provenance: Laurence Witten acquired the ms. in 1952 from Leo S. Olshki of Florence and sold it in 1954. Witten reacquired the ms. and sold it to Yale in 1988.
Extent: ff. i + 40 : 191 x 140 (138 x 98) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Rufus, Jordanus, fl. ca. 1225-1250.
Subject (Topic): Horses
Italian literature
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Rufus, Jordanus, fl. ca. 1225-1250
Horses > Early works to 1800
Italian literature > To 1400
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Giordano Ruffo, Liber Marescalcia Equorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.