[Pattern-book of bridles, bits and straps]

Contributor:

Forster, Veit (attributed name)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1560

Description:

Collection of full-scale drawings (some painted in color) of cavessons, curbs, and bits, perhaps by Veit Forster, teacher of Mang Seutter, who published a collection of engravings of these types of equipment in 1584. Forster and Seutter were stablemasters for Marcus Fugger, owner of this manuscript.

Language:

German

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Marcus Fugger (Augsburg); a Count of Oettingen-Wallerstein; and Edwin Dloss (1853).; Unidentified armorial bookplate with motto Semper progrediens (inside upper cover).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 11 Dec. 1961, lot 173, to G. Heilbrun.; Appears in Paul Breman's cat. 1 (1970), no. 1; also handled by Francesco Radaeli of Bredford Libri Rari.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1998.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.; Fugger, Marcus, 1529-1597, former owner.; Dloss, Edwin, former owner.; Heilbrun, G., former owner.

Relation:

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/ljs239.html

Subject:

Animal culture -- Early works to 1800; Bridles -- Early works to 1800; Horsemanship -- Equipment and supplies -- Early works to 1800; Animal culture; Bridles; Horsemanship -- Equipment and supplies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Codices; Early works; Drawings (visual works); Paintings (visual works); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

175 leaves : paper; 505 x 350 (335 x 245) mm bound to 510 x 360 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, i (late 18th-/early 19th-century paper) + 175 + i (late 18th-/early 19th-century paper); modern foliation in pencil on every tenth leaf, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in up to 50 long lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in German Gothic script, with calligraphic headings.; Decoration: Color painting of man leading horse (f. 1v); 6 color paintings of cavessons (f. 2r-4v, 13v, 15r); 70 paintings in blue and silver of bits, staves, and curbs (f. 5v-18v, 70v); 316 line drawings of bits (f. 19r-175v).; Watermark: Armorial watermark of crossed swords, points up, halved with 11 three-leaf clovers arched with 10 stripes between clovers and swords.; Binding: Blind-stamped pigskin binding dated 1579.; Origin: Written in Upper Saxony, ca. 1560.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 239

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)