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Marescalcia equorum
Creator
Title
Marescalcia equorum.
Created
Italy, 1454.
Physical Description
ff. i + 86 + i : parchment ; 200 x 140 (146 x 85) mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
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.
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.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Obtained from Harper's by David Wagstaff; his gift to Yale in 1944.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum.
Publications
De Ricci, v. 2, p. 1902, no. 7; Faye and Bond, p. 36, no. 161. M. G. Wynne, "The Wagstaff Sporting Books and Manuscripts," Gazette 20 (1946) p. 12.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 161.
Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia Equorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia Equorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 15th century.
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