SPANISH. 113 



225. EL REY D ANGUS. Libre dels Falcoes. 

 MS. del siglo xiv. 



Although the present bibliography is designed to include 

 only such works relating to Falconry as have been printed, it is of 

 interest to note in connection with the celebrated Livre du Roi 

 Dancus (No. 139) that there exists in the collection of Sr. D. 

 Jos^ Lopez de Ayala a MS. translation in Spanish referable to 

 the fourteenth century. It is described by Senores De Uhagon 

 and De Leguina in their " Estudios Bibliograficos : La Caza," 

 p. 22 (1888). 



See also the Italian edition by Zambrini (No. 296). 



226. JUAN MANUEL (El Principe Don). Libro 

 de la Caza del Principe Don Juan Manuel Fijo del Muy 

 Noble Infante Don Manuel Adelantado Mayor de la 

 Frontera et del Reino de Murcia, que fabla de las na- 

 turas de las Falcones : de commo se deben conoscer 

 por talle, et por faciones, et por plumage, etpor empen- 

 nolamiento : de commo se deben amansar et criar, et 

 facer sennaleros, garceros, etc., de las purgas et las 

 melecinas : de qu6 cazas hd et qu6 logares, etc. 

 [1325.] Madrid. 1879. sm. 8vo. 



Edited by Don Jose Gutierrez de la Vega, " con un discurso 

 y notas," in vol. iii. of the " Biblioteca Venatoria — coleccion 

 de Obras clasicas Espanolas de Monteria, de Cetreria, y de 

 Caza menor, raras, ineditas, o desconocidas." 



According to Don Jose Gutierrez this is the earliest treatise 

 on the subject written in pure Castillian, and was composed 

 before the Libro de la Monteria, by the same author, the date 

 of which is conjectured to be between 1342 and 1350. In 

 the opinion of Amador de los Rios, whom he cites (torn. iv. 

 p. 237), the present work was written during the reign of Ferdi- 

 nand IV., or the minority of Alfonso XI. Further on (torn. cit. 

 p. 248) the same writer adds that without doubt it was composed 

 before 1325, in which year the last King of Castille ascended 

 the throne. Herr Baist, in his German edition of this v/ork, 



