EUSTATHIUS. 



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spicuous, is now also copied from a French manuscript 

 of the Apocalypse, written in the 13th century. The 

 prominence given to the armature on the horse's hoofs 

 shows how important it was deemed (fig. 147). Another 



fig- 147 



delineation will be found in a rare pamphlet printed in 

 1485, entitled ' Jacobi publici Florentini. Oratoris Insti- 

 tution 



In nearly all the manuscripts of this period, in which 

 horses figure, their hoofs are represented as shod. We 

 wall give some additional examples of these presently. 



Writers more frequently mention shoeing. Eusta- 

 thius, who wrote a commentary on Homer, in the 12th 

 century, is the first to mention the Greek horses of an- 

 tiquity as shod, a statement we conclude to be erroneous, 

 but which shows that Eustathius was well acquainted with 

 the art. With the revival of learning, what may be de- 

 signated veterinary medicine was again attracting atten- 



