Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

[Livro de la Menscalcia de li cavalli]
Italy, perhaps in Apulia, early 15th century
MS M.735 fol. 75v

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1) Seated man pours contents of container into horn placed in mouth of bridled horse tied to hitching post. Horse defecates.
2) Man holds container in right hand and places horn in nostril of bridled horse tied to hitching post.
Unframed colored drawings illustrating chapter 37 and 38 (respectively).