Liber equorum and De la generatione deli oselli de rapina.
Published / Created:
Ferrara?, Italy, between 1400 and 1450.
Physical Description:
1 volume (ff. i + 60 + iii) : parchment ; 255 x 174 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
"It is believed that this manuscript was written in Italy circa 1420. It seems that the Liber Equorum was written by Ruffus, also called Giordano Ruffo, between 1240 and 1250; there are numerous manuscripts of the work extant, most of them in Latin. Ruffo's treatise on the horse was the first printed in 1492, the editio princeps being in Italian. The text of the Mellon manuscript is in Latin. Morando's treatise on falconry apparently is known only in this particular copy, which is in Italian. Both works, Ruffo's and Morando's, are in the hand of the same scribe."--Podeschi.
Subject Terms:
Horses -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Early works to 1800. | Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800. | Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800. | Falconry -- Early works to 1800. | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. | Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven. | Heber, Richard, 1773–1833 -- Ownership. | Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 -- Ownership. | Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Yale Center for British Art.
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Italy -- 15th century.
Contributors:
Ruffo, Giordano, -1256. De medicina equorum. | Morando, the Falconer. De la Generatione deli Oselli de Rapina. | Celotti, Luigi, approximately 1768–approximately 1846, former owner. | Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727–1805, associated name. | Saibanti, Giovanni, associated name.