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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. 7228 f. 19 | Source: Jordanus Ruffus and the late-medieval hippiatric tradition: Animal-care practitioners and the horse by Sunny Harrison, 2018 | Accessed October 9, 2024 In this image, practioners are treating the horse through surgery. A man can be seen mixing what is presumably a polstice or medication behind the man doing the surgery. The man on the far left is twitching the nose of the horse, a known method of controlling a horse for a difficult procedure. | Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. 7228 f. 19v | Source: Jordanus Ruffus and the late-medieval hippiatric tradition: Animal-care practitioners and the horse by Sunny Harrison, 2018 | Accessed October 9, 2024 This image shows the overlap between a blacksmith and a veterinarian. The blacksmith is charged with repairing the horse's damaged leg for what is drawn as a nobleman's horse. | Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. 4Q 5.69, f. 1 |Source: Jordanus Ruffus and the late-medieval hippiatric tradition: Animal-care practitioners and the horse by Sunny Harrison, 2018 | Accessed October 9, 2024 A farrier (blacksmith) in his workshop, wearing the typical clothes and surrounded by all his tools. Depiction of Vulcan, in Évrard de Conty, 'Échecs amoureux'. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Fr. 143, f. 148r (c. 1496-1498). | Source: Carmel Ferragud, https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/art-marshalcy-and-its-practitioners-late-middle-ages Diseases of the horse’s legs. Manuel Díez, 'Llibre de la menescalia'. Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, MS 1661, f. 7r. (1502). | Source: https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/art-marshalcy-and-its-practitioners-late-middle-ages Bleeding a horse. Juan Álvarez de Salamiellas, 'Libro de menescalcía et de albeytería et de física de las bestias'. Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Esp. 214, f. 28v (c. 1390). | Source: https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/art-marshalcy-and-its-practitioners-late-middle-ages One of the "marshals" (veterinarian) applying a splint for a broken leg. A marshal with his assistant. Juan Álvarez de Salamiellas, 'Libro de menescalcía et de albeytería et de física de las bestias'. Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Esp. 214 (c. 1390). | Source: https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/art-marshalcy-and-its-practitioners-late-middle-ages A shepherd administering a medicine to a sheep. 'Luttrell Psalter'. London, British Library, MS Add. 42130 (c. 1335-1340). | Source: https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/art-marshalcy-and-its-practitioners-late-middle-ages In the 15th century an Italian manual for horse care and medicine was translated, and the Vatican library keeps a copy. The above images are some screenshots of horses being administered medication and treatment for a variety of illnesses and injuries. View more images and see the source material here. | Critelli, Maria Gabriella «L’impazzamento nel collocare una sì gran machina di cose»: acquisizioni di manoscritti latini nel secolo XVIII, In La Biblioteca Apostolica e le arti nel secolo dei Lumi (1700-1797) a cura di Barbara Jatta (Storia della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, IV), 2016 | Source https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.7228?fbclid=IwAR1SydP19786DtcTuo367t_8H_xKWs-6HPA6kHBoatA2yaIe_X_38l_PexA Advice for how to treat a horse for diahrrea | A drench for diarrhoea (Hippiatrica, Parisinus greacus 2244, fo. 74v) | from the Middle Ages, unknown - McCabe, "A Byzantine Encyclopedia of Horse Medicine" | 14th century, public domain | Source In a 16th century Polish manual, there are several treatments outlined for animals, including horses, such as: The reopening of the urethra in horses—used in...
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