ON HORSES AND EQUITATION. 3 



Ifi corasnce le Art de Venerie, le quel Mestre Guyllame Twici 1307. 

 Venour le Roy d'Engletere fist en son temps pur apprendre 

 autres. MS. [Circa 1307.] 



First j)rlnted at Middle Hill Press, 8vo. 1840. 



Livro de Alveitaria dividido em duas partes. 'No primiero trata das 1318. 

 cousas que coiivem ao Cavallo desde que nace, ate que Ihe poem 

 a Sella, e o freyo. A segunda trata de toda as infermidades dos 

 Cavallos, e suas cuxas. By Mestre Giraldes. MS. Lisbon, 1318. 



Livre de la Chasse. By Gaston III. conite de Foix. MS. [Circa 1387. 

 1387.] 



A Persian MS. treatise on Farriery, translated from the Sanscrit work 1407. 

 known as Salihota. By AlDd Ullah Ben Safi. small 4to. 

 written in the city of Kulburgah. a.h. 810. [a.d, 1407.] 



Contents : — A Preface and table of Chapters. Legendary 

 account of the Creation of the Horse tohich is said to have been 

 originally endowed loitli wings ; Defects of the Horse in 52 

 chapters ; good points of the Horse in 12 chapters ; signs of the 

 age of Horses ; Diseases of the Horse with their treatment, and 

 management of the Horse. 



£ste livro fez AfFonso Esteves morador em santarem Ferrador 1426. 

 del-Rey, o qual escreveo Jaoa de Aveiro morador na Certaa criado 

 que foy do Prior D. Fr. Alvaro camelo, que Deos perdoe, e foy 

 acabado no anno de N. Senhor Jezus Christo. 1425. 

 MS. in the Bihliotheca Sever iana. 



Da Arte de domar os Cavallos. By Duarte Rei de Portugul e do 1434. 

 Algarve, e Senhor de Ceuta. MS. circa 1434. 



Preserved in the Bibliotheque Nationale de^ Paris. Printed 

 I842, 4to, Paris, under the title : — Leal conselheiro, qual fez Dom 

 Duarte Pela graga de Deos Rei de Portugal. . . A requerimento 

 da muito excellente Rainha Dona Leonor sua mulher ; sequido do 

 libro da ensitianga de beia cavalgar toda sella . . 



Liber Marescalcise Equorum. By Laurentius RufFus. MS. 4to. 1462. 

 Rome, 1462. 



This is probably the original manuscript and shows by the 

 following colophon that Zordon Russo or Rusto the generally 

 accepted name of the author is rvrong ; " Hie ergo explicitur Liber 

 Mariscalcice Equorum compositus per Magistrum Laurentium, 

 dictum Ruphum de Urbe familiarem et marescalcum Reveren- 

 dissimi in Christo Patris. Domini Napnleonis de Ursinis Saiicti 

 Andriani Diaconi Cardinalis." Anno Domini 14-62. 



