Beinecke MS 136                                                          Italy, s. XV
Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum

     1. ff. 1r-2v blank; ff. 3r-35r    Marescalcia equorum secundum
     marescalciam domini federici Regis quondam imperatoris secundi. Cum
     inter cetera animalia summo rerum opifice euidenter creata usui humani
     generis...necnon totus guttur uniuersaliter grossum uel inflatum
     habuerit difficile subuenitur. Hoc opus conposuit Jordanus rufus de
     calabria miles et familiaris Federici imperatoris
     secundi...Explicit.

          The text differs considerably from that in Beinecke MS 161.

     2. f. 35r-v    Recipes for curing the ailments of horses, partly
     written by the original scribe, in Latin; partly by a later hand, in
     Italian. f. 36r-v blank

          Paper (watermarks: unidentified, in gutter; outer and inner
     bifolios reinforced with parchment strips), ff. 36, 217 x 152 (157 x
     101) mm. Written in 36 long lines for ff. 3r-9r, 2 columns of ca. 31
     lines for ff. 9r-36v; single vertical bounding lines. Ruled in crayon;
     remains of prickings in upper and lower margins.
          I^^20, II^^16.
          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.
          Binding: s. xv. 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.

          Written in Italy in the 15th century; early provenance unknown.
     Belonged to David Wagstaff (bookplate); presented to Yale by Mrs. David
     Wagstaff in 1943.

     secundo folio: [la]queari debet

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 34, no. 136.

     Barbara A. Shailor