Ferrante I of Aragon (d. 1494), Italy, 1541

Ferrante of Aragon was well known for his love of horses, and for his knowledge of the science of raising and breeding them. His library contained many volumes on the subject, several of which may have inspired the unidentified work, ascribed to him, from which this text is extracted. The manuscript contains brief sections covering nearly every aspect of the care, training, and breeding of horses, from trimming their hair to knowing when a mare is pregnant.

Parchment, 49 folios, 228 x 155 (157 x 109) mm, 1 column, 19 lines, in Italian, written in a calligraphic italic script.