A chapter of mediæval history; the fathers of the literature of field sport and horses, by the Rt. Hon. D. H. Madden.
Published / Created:
London, J. Murray, 1924.
Physical Description:
vi, 284 p. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy: Blue cloth; black stamping on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Spine height: 9 inches.
Contents:
Contents.--Introductory.--Albertus Magnus and the horse.--Le livre du roy Modus and La grande chasse.--Petrus Crescentiensis and sport in Italy.--Gaston Phœbus and Froissart.--The Book of St. Albans and English writers.--The emperor Frederick II. and falconry.--Classical writers and their imitators.--Notes.--Index.
Subject Terms:
Hunting. | Falconry. | Gaston III Phœbus, Count of Foix, 1331–1391. | Le livre du roy Modus. | Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. | Crescenzi, Pietro de', approximately 1233–approximately 1320.