Libre de cavalls
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Description
- Title
- Libre de cavalls
- Creator
- Díaz, Manuel
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Publication Place
- Spain (Aragon?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper (with parchment leaves interspersed) of Manuel Diaz, Libre de cavalls. With three drawings of horses (f. 1r the effects of the signs of the zodiac on the horse; f.1v anatomical parts of the horse; and f. 2r the proper locations for bloodletting [?]); and Sixty-five diagrams of bits for horses, some with explanations in red
- Description
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In Spanish (Valencian dialect).
Watermarks: similar to Piccard Turm 132-47 and Briquet Tete humaine 15670.
Script: Written by a single person in Spanish fere-humanistic script.
In addition to the illustrations mentioned, there is on f. 40r a drawing of a knight in armor on horseback, in red, blue, green. He holds a shield with the arms of Alfonso V, King of Aragon (d. 1458): per pale argent, a lion rampant gules; bendy of 4, argent and gules.
2-line red initials with penwork in black at beginning of each text section. Headings, paragraph marks, and strokes on initials, in red. Remains of directions to rubricator along lower edge.
Binding: Fifteenth century. Original sewing on three slit-strap, tawed supports laced to the inside of beech boards and pegged. Plain wound endbands with a secondary, multi-colored sewing on tawed cores. The spine is square and lined with vellum between supports, the sewing supports slightly defined. Covered in brown goatskin, blind-tooled with concentric frames, the spine diced. Two fastenings, the catches on the lower board decorated with floral designs, the clasps wanting. Repaired. - Provenance
- Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 16379). Purchased from Robinson's in 1947 as the gift of the Yale Library Associates.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 173 + i : 300 x 210 (175 x 119) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Spanish
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 454
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Spain 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Díaz, Manuel.
- Subject (Topic)
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Horses
Manuscripts, Medieval
Spanish literature - Subjects
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Díaz, Manuel
Horses > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Spanish literature > To 1500
Spain > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Manuel Diaz, Libre de Cavalls. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9690747
- Object ID (OID)
- 9999010
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