Marescalcia equorum, etc

Description

Title: Marescalcia equorum, etc
Creator: Ruffo, Giordano, -1256
Published / Created: 1456.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum, in an anonymous Italian translation. With medicinal recipes and prayers
Description: In Italian.
Watermark: unidentified bull's head in gutter.
Script: Written in a poorly formed Italian notarial script; notes in contemporary cursive hands.
Plain initial, 5-line, in red and black, at beginning of art. 1; initial strokes and rubrics for ff. 1r-9v only.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Limp vellum case. Stamped on upper cover: "Medecine des chevaux/ manuscrit du XV siecle".
Provenance: Purchased from Myers and Company, London, by David Wagstaff; gift of David and Isabelle Tilford Wagstaff in 1944.
Extent: ii + 38 + iii : 219 x 148 (163 x 105) 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, fl. 1250-1260.
Subject (Topic): Horses
Italian literature
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine, Medieval
Subjects: Ruffo, Giordano, fl. 1250-1260
Horses > Early works to 1800
Italian literature > 15th century
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine, Medieval
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.