Extratto da un libro de razza da cavalli del re Ferrante vechio de Aragona

Name:

Ferdinand I, King of Naples, 1423-1494

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1541

Description:

Treatise in 84 chapters on the anatomy, medical treatment, physical appearance, breeding, training, and care of horses. The manuscript claims to be an abridgment of an otherwise unknown work by Ferdinand I of Naples, an avid horseman.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Possibly first owned by Philippe de Croy, duc d'Arschot, marquis de Renty (after 1533), chevalier de la Toison d'Or, and royal chamberlain (inscriptions and pen trials inside lower cover).; Formerly owned by Charles Gilbert Terray, vicomte de Morel de Vindé (presentation letter from him to an unidentified woman, 1826, pasted inside upper cover).; Formerly owned by J.-B. Huzard, preeminent 18th- and 19th-century collector of texts on horses (stamp, f. 1r).; Sold as part of the Huzard collection, 1843, to Charles Louis Adélaïde Henri Matheron, baron de Curnieu (armorial booklabel inside upper cover).; Sold at auction by Etude Couturier Nicolay at Hôtel Drouot as part of the baron de Curnieu collection, 25 Feb. 1986, lot 144.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 1994, lot 85, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.; Croy, Philippe de, 1496-1549, former owner.; Morel de Vindé, Charles Gilbert Terray, vicomte, 1759-1842, former owner.; Huzard, J.-B. 1755-1838, former owner.; Curnieu, Charles Louis Adélaïde Henri Matheron, baron de, approximately 1811-1871, former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1330541; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs29.html; Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/5

Subject:

Agriculture -- Early works to 1800; Agriculture; Animal culture -- Early works to 1800; Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800; Horsemanship; Horses -- Early works to 1800; Horses; Animal culture

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

47 leaves : parchment; 228 x 157 (157 x 109) mm bound to 233 x 166 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Collation: Parchment, i + 47 + i; 1-5⁸ 6⁸(-1); gatherings numbered 1-6 in modern pencil, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 19 long lines; frame-ruled in faint red ink.; Script: Written in a cancellaresca script.; Decoration: Pen flourishes on either side of title (f. 1r) and some chapter headings; calligraphic initials in left margins at beginning of chapters.; Binding: Original Venetian morocco over pasteboard, blind- and gilt-tooled.; Origin: Probably written in Venice, based on binding and script (Lisa Fagin Davis); dated 1541 (f. 47r).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 29

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)