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., and Binding: S. XX binding: plain parchment over cardboard.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Rufus, Jordanus, fl. ca. 1225-1250.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval