Marescalcia equorum

Description

Title: Marescalcia equorum
Creator: Ruffo, Giordano, -1256
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (thick) of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum, translated into Italian
Description: In Italian.
Watermarks: unidentified basilisk in gutter.
Script: Written in fere-humanistic script.
Crudely executed border design, in red, on f. 1r. Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, in red; some embellished with simple foliate ornamentation or with human and animal grotesques (e.g., ff. 24v, 44v). Headings in red.
Upper portion of f. 55 (chs. 146, 149) cut out; ff. 63v-64r (chs. 189-95) crossed out. Some staining and wear affecting text.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Tan, "pasta espanola" paper case.
Provenance: Given to Yale in 1948 by Mary W. (Mrs. Samuel) Milbank.
Extent: ff. i + i + 76 + i : 200 x 150 (140 x 101) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Ruffo, Giordano.
Subject (Topic): Horses
Italian literature
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Ruffo, Giordano
Horses > Early works to 1800
Italian literature > 15th century
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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