Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

[Livro de la Menscalcia de li cavalli]
Italy, perhaps in Apulia, early 15th century
MS M.735 fol. 72r

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1) Man, with tail emerging from buttocks, holds container and sits on bridled horse, assisting second man (only one hand visible) in pouring contents of container into horn placed in the horse's mouth. Plant grows from ground.
2) Bridled horse with wound on shoulder.
Unframed colored drawings illustrating chapters 26 and 27 (respectively).