Manuscript on paper (watermarks: unidentified, in gutter; outer and inner bifolios reinforced with parchment strips) of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by one person in round gothic bookhand; additions by a later hand., Small plain initials, in red, mark beginning of each section; headings, paragraph marks, some strokes on initials in red., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Sewn on two tawed, slit straps laid in a channel and nailed in square, flush wooden boards. The spine is square. Covered in reddish brown leather with corner turn-in tongues. Decorated with a blind-tooled panel of interlaced rope work and green dots in circles inside concentric borders. A catch on the lower board and a cloth strap (velvet?) attached to the upper with star-headed nails. Strap wanting, otherwise intact.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ruffo, Giordano.
Subject (Topic):
Animal culture, Horses, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Liber marescalciae by Laurentius Rusius. The manuscript also contains a large excerpt of Giordano Ruffo's De medicina equorum in Italian translation, as well as an anonymous treatise on hippiatry, and a number of remedies, prescriptions, and incantations for various diseases
Description:
In Italian., Script: there are two main scribes: hand A copied the treatise on hippiatry in large Gothica Semitextualis Libraria; its headings are in Gothica Textualis Libraria; decorative extensions at the ascenders on the top line. Hand B, who identifies himself f. 50r as Cristofano di Piero maniscalco N., copied ff. 12r-52v, upper part, in Gothica Semitextualis Libraria. The other texts are additional and have been copied by various scribes at various moments. Folios 1r-4v have red rubrics and are decorated with 2-line flourished initials, with abundant foliate marginal extensions. Guide letters in the left margin on ff. 1r-11v., Liber marescalciae by Laurentius Rusius, a treatise in 154 chapters. The manuscript also contains a large excerpt of Giordano Ruffo's De medicina equorum in Italian translation, as well as an anonymous treatise on hippiatry in 38 chapters, and a number of remedies, prescriptions, and incantations for various diseases., and Binding: 15th century: brown leather over wooden boards. Both covers blind-tooled with frames of fillets; the central panel filled with rope tools, surrounded by a frame. Flat spine with three bands and partly lost paper label with handwritten title “[MA]SCAL[CIA] / M.S. / DI VARI”. Remnants of two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Five brass bosses on each cover (the central boss on the front cover lost).
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., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Limp vellum case. Stamped on upper cover: "Medecine des chevaux/ manuscrit du XV siecle".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ruffo, Giordano, fl. 1250-1260.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
On the right, an old gentleman with wooden left leg stands between a tree and a mile marker trying to conceal with the spread tails of his coat an old, obese lady hiding behind him in a half-crouching position. The driver of a phaeton brings his horse to an abrupt stop just in front of the pair. He casts an amused glance at the viewer while pointing to the pair with his whip. The marker reads "XXI miles from London."
Alternative Title:
Mars and Venus discovered by Phaeton
Description:
Title from item. and Reversed copy of Mars and Venus surpris'd by Phaeton, published in 1777 by J. Leckington.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the Act directs Feby 16, 1784, by B. Walwyn, No. 2 Pedlars Acre, Westr. Bridge
Manuscript on parchment of an Italian translation of Giordano Ruffo's De medicina equorum
Description:
In Italian., Script: copied by one hand writing Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria/Formata. Headings and paragraph marks in red. Yellow heightening of the majuscules. 2-line half inset flourished initials in red with penwork and penwork extensions in the margin or in the intercolumn, with guide letters., Giordano Ruffo's De medicina equorum, missing the beginning. The same text is also found in Beinecke MS 459., and Binding: paper binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ruffo, Giordano.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:
Wood beats blood and bone
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 55 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:
Wood beats blood and bone
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
Publisher:
Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
Leaf 50. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly couple in a gig which backs on to the pavement of a country town, against the bow-window of a 'China Warehouse'. Under the wheels are large earthenware vessels which stood outside the shop. A furious couple come out of the shop-door, above which is a board: 'Bob. Brittle china Glass and Earthenware Shop. A savage dog leaps barking at the terrified horse, the fat woman in the gig screams, the man shouts at the horse. A detached house has a sign: 'Probe Surgeon'. Next it is a church. A coach and pair with a postilion gallops up from the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Restive horse in a gig backing into the windows of a potters shop ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A restive horse in a gig backing into the windows of a potters shop, alarmed at the terrific crash you become panic struck, and the perspiration starting from every pore., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10836 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 121., and On leaf 50 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12, 1807, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Older people, Anger, Signs (Notices), Pottery, Dogs, and Horses
Leaf 62. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An old Parson, of Dr. Syntax type, falls into the water from his horse which rolls in the stream. His hat, wig, and 'Funeral Sermon' are in the water, where a dog chases geese. On a rustic bridge (right) two women and a child are watching in alarm, a milk-pail falls from the head of one of them. In the background (left) two horses gallop up a slope pursued by a dog, one rider loses his seat, the other his hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Miseries of traveling and Being mounted on a beast who as soon as you have watered him ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Being mounted on a beast who as soon as you have watered him on the road, proceeds very coolly to repose himself in the middle of the pond, without taking you at all into his counsel, or paying the slightest attention to your remonstrances., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10837 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 121., and On leaf 62 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Falling, Accidents, Bodies of water, Horses, Dogs, Geese, Pedestrian bridges, and Pails
Title etched below image., Date and place of publication from item., Depicts wet nurses waiting to be selected., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by W. Sams 1 St. James Street
Subject (Topic):
Nursing, Breastfeeding, Wet nurses, Infants, Government buildings, Nurses, Carts & wagons, Soldiers, Dogs, and Horses
