Manuscript on paper (thick) of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum, translated into Italian
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified basilisk in gutter., Script: Written in fere-humanistic script., Crudely executed border design, in red, on f. 1r. Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, in red; some embellished with simple foliate ornamentation or with human and animal grotesques (e.g., ff. 24v, 44v). Headings in red., Upper portion of f. 55 (chs. 146, 149) cut out; ff. 63v-64r (chs. 189-95) crossed out. Some staining and wear affecting text., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Tan, "pasta espanola" paper case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ruffo, Giordano.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, 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 parchment of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by Ieronimo Sandei in fere-humanistica for the introduction and rubrics, and in humanistic cursive for the text., Historiated initial on f. 3r, 9-line, St. George and the dragon, curling foliage, mauve, red, and green, with gold and white and yellow highlights, on gold ground, edged in black, in a loose and painterly style. 3- and 2-line initials, blue or red with elaborate red or light purple penwork respectively. Paragraph marks in red or blue. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Covered in brown leather, blind-tooled with concentric borders. Four clasp-and-catch fastenings. Modern paper pastedowns and flyleaves, the former covering an unidentified printed text in German.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ruffo, Giordano.
Subject (Topic):
Animal culture, Horses, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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 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