- Creator:
- Díaz, Manuel
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 454
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 361
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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:
- 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., and 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Díaz, Manuel.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Spanish literature
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Libre de cavalls
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