Beinecke MS 127                                                         Italy, s. XIV
Moamin, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-30r    Incipit tractatus primus de rethorica [sic] huius
     artis continens Capitula xiij. Capitulum primum de genere uolatilium et
     moribus eorum. Generum uolatilium uiuencium de rapina quibus utitur
     gens aucupando...uapor ad ipsam et sudor et quando sudabit omnes
     pediculi cadent. Explicit tercius tractatus libri falconarie magistri
     oxamini arabiti.

          This treatise by Moamin (Oxaminus may be a variation of his name)
     is divided into three sections, all on falconry; the second and third
     are preceded by lists of chapters. Missing is the prologue. The fourth
     section appears later in the volume (see art. 6). For the manuscript
     tradition: H. Tjernard, Moamin et Ghatrif (Stockholm, 1945); Beinecke
     MS 127 is no. 22 on p. 4.

     2. ff. 30r-35r    Incipit alius. Dancus rex stabat in suo palacio et
     ante eum stabant discipuli sui...et liga eum et fac ita cottidie Et sic
     sanabitur.

          Treatise of Dancus rex; G. Tilander, ed., Dancus Rex, Guillelmus
     falconarius, Gerardus falconarius (Lund, 1963) MS Y, p. 45; pp. 48-116.

     3. ff. 35r-37v    Verba de magistro et medicinis perfectis. Iste
     magister non fuit mendax sed uerax. Iste medicine sunt bone et perfecte
     et multum probate. Guilielmus falconerius qui fuit nutritus in curia
     regis...Et si uult capere grues opportet habere duodecim ysmerlos.
     Explicit liber falconum et Rapacium auium. f. 38r-v blank

      Treatise of Guillelmus falconarius; Tilander, op. cit., pp. 134-68.

     4. ff. 39r-46v    Ad dolorem pedum equorum. Ad dolorem pedum equorum
     qui euenit occasione percussionis martelli uel lapidum aut alterius
     rei...et pone super uermem et liberabitur si deo placuerit probatum
     est. Liber compositus de medicimis equorum.

          Anonymous treatise on horses, begins imperfectly?

     5. ff. 47r-67r    Incipit liber de medicamine equorum et primo de
     medicamine equi habentis calorem. Cum equs [sic] habet calorem pendet
     caput in terra et non potest ipsum leuare...[ends with a table:]
     Sinonima super medicaminibus equorum. Amila id est alba pasta...Togenu
     palati tantum ualet quantum palatina.

          Anonymous treatise on horses.

     6. ff. 67v-73r    Incipit tractatus de dispositionibus naturalibus et
     accidentalibus canum et rapacium quadrupedum. Continens. vi.
     Capitula.
     [followed by list of chapters]...Capitulum de numeratione primum
     rapacium quadrupedum et propietate canum. Huius autem operis
     professores sufficienter non tractauerunt de canibus...de fece ferri
     puluerizata et laua loca illa et conualescent. Explicit liber tractatus
     Canum.

          Moamin, part 4, on dogs (see art. 1).

     7. ff. 73r-75v    Incipit liber Guicennatis de arte versandi. Si quis
     scire desiderat de arte bersandi in hoc tractatu cognoscere
     poterit...cum illis tanto meliores erunt et precipue quando post bonas
     bestias equitabis. Explicit liber rapacium auium. Equorum et
     canum.
     Explicit liber rapacium auium. Equorum et canum deo gratias. Amen.

          G. Tilander, ed., Guicennas de arte bersandi (Upsala, 1956) MS D,
     pp. 13, 18-28; K. Lindner, ed., De arte bersandi (Berlin, 1966) MS D,
     pp. 14, 24-36.

          Parchment, ff. i (original parchment flyleaf) + i (paper tipped
     in) + 76, 195 x 128 (143 x 87) mm. Written in 31 long lines; single
     vertical and double upper horizontal bounding lines full across. Ruled
     in lead; remains of prickings in all margins except inner.
          I-II^^8, III^^6, IV-VIII^^8, IX^^6, X^^8. Catchwords (Scribe 1 only)
     decorated with lines and flourishes (some in red) along lower edge.
          Written in a small round gothic bookhand by two scribes. Scribe 1:
     ff. 1r-37v, 67v-75v; Scribe 2: ff. 39r-67r.
          One 6-line initial, red and blue, filled with red and blue penwork
     in a floral pattern. 4-, 2-, and 1-line pen initials, red, with long
     trailing serifs and blue calligraphic flourishes. 2- and 1-line
     initials outside text column. On f. 1r, arms of the duchy of Austria
     (crudely executed; later addition?):, or, two eagles palewise
     displayed and crowned sable (Hungary): impaled with barry of 6 gules and
	argent; supported by griffins passant gules; the whole set between thick
	pink bands. Line-fillers red undulating lines. Rubrics throughout.
          Binding: s. xvi. Sewn on three supports, the two outer ones
     leather, the central one tawed skin, laid and nailed in channels in
     wooden boards. Plain wound primary endbands sewn on a tawed core at the
     head and a leather one at the tail, laid in grooves and nailed, with a
     secondary embroidery added. The square spine is lined with vellum
     between supports. Covered in dark red goatskin, blind-tooled, with four
     brass catches on the lower board. Leather cracking along joints, clasps
     wanting.

          Written in Italy in the 14th century; the arms of the Duchy of
     Austria appear to be a later addition. Unidentified shelf-mark on f.
     1r: "T/ 175". Belonged to C. F. G. R. Schwerdt (bookplate; see the
     catalogue Hunting Hawking Shooting [London, 1928] v. 2, pp. 349-50);
     his sale (Sotheby's, 12 March 1946, no. 2241) presumably to David
     Wagstaff (bookplate); gift of Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1946.

     secundo folio: Cum uero incipit

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 32, no. 127.
          A. Lupis, La sezione venatoria della Biblioteca Aragonese di
     Napoli...(Bari, 1975) pp. 36-37. 
          Idem, "Petrus de l'Astore, Moamyn,
     Ghatriph: Sulla tradizione dei trattati di falconeria d'epoca
     federiciana," Codices manuscripti 3 (1977) p. 16.

     Barbara A. Shailor