Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

[Livro de la Menscalcia de li cavalli]
Italy, perhaps in Apulia, early 15th century
MS M.735 fol. 74v

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1) Nude man holds container in right hand and pours contents of container on back into horn placed in mouth of bridled horse tied to hitching post.
2) Man pours contents of container into horn placed in nostril of bridled horse tied to hitching post.
Unframed colored drawing illustrating chapters 34 and 35 (respectively)