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Treatise on horses, without title or author name

Title	Treatise on horses, without title or author name
Publication Date:	1670
Subject	Hippology and hippiatrics
Type	Other
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of La Laguna Library
Record ID	cdi_europeana_collections_9200519_ark_12148_btv1b8406168v
Date	1670
Notes	Scanning from an original document. Scanning from an original document. Belongs to the documentary set: BbLevt0 A title that we read at the top of the volume is apocryphal. The work begins with a series of traditions in which Muhammad spoke of horses; then comes a rhyming poem in Ri, which was said to have been recited by an unknown person before Sultan Salâḥ al-Dîn (Saladin) Yoûsof ibn Aiyoûb. In this piece, each verse of which is accompanied by a commentary, the author describes the marks and qualities of a good horse. On fol. 14 v° is the figure of a black horse, accompanied by the names of all the parts of the animal; on fol. 18, the representation of a mare and her foal; on fol. 19, the figure of a white horse which appears to be climbing a steep hill; on fol. 20, the figure of the Ḥaïzoûm (حيزوم), a hippogriff which served as a mount for the angel Gabriel. Next comes an anatomical description of the horse, accompanied by three figures, one of which is a very rudimentary and very incorrect representation of a skeleton; then, a treatise on hippiatry in verse whose rhyme is ri. Each verse is followed by a commentary. This poem contains the names of the defects and diseases of horses and instructions on training, on the treatment of diseases, on the defensive and offensive weapons of the rider, on harness and on combat. This work, several passages of which are in rhymed prose, appears to have been composed in Egypt, towards the end of the 15th century. Ms. dated 1180 A.H. (1670 A.D.). Scanning from an original document. Belongs to the documentary set: BbLevt0 A title that we read at the top of the volume is apocryphal. The work begins with a series of traditions in which Muhammad spoke of horses; then comes a rhyming poem in Ri, which was said to have been recited by an unknown person before Sultan Salâḥ al-Dîn (Saladin) Yoûsof ibn Aiyoûb. In this piece, each verse of which is accompanied by a commentary, the author describes the marks and qualities of a good horse. On fol. 14 v° is the figure of a black horse, accompanied by the names of all the parts of the animal; on fol. 18, the representation of a mare and her foal; on fol. 19, the figure of a white horse which appears to be climbing a steep hill; on fol. 20, the figure of the Ḥaïzoûm (حيزوم), a hippogriff which served as a mount for the angel Gabriel. Next comes an anatomical description of the horse, accompanied by three figures, one of which is a very rudimentary and very incorrect representation of a skeleton; then, a treatise on hippiatry in verse whose rhyme is ri. Each verse is followed by a commentary. This poem contains the names of the defects and diseases of horses and instructions on training, on the treatment of diseases, on the defensive and offensive weapons of the rider, on harness and on combat. This work, several passages of which are in rhymed prose, appears to have been composed in Egypt, towards the end of the 15th century. Ms. dated 1180 A.H. (1670 A.D.).

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Treatise on horses, without title or author name

Publication Date 1670

Subject Hippology and hippiatrics

Type Other

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of La Laguna Library

Record ID cdi_europeana_collections_9200519_ark_12148_btv1b8406168v

Date 1670

Notes Scanning from an original document. Scanning from an original document. Belongs to the documentary set: BbLevt0 A title that we read at the top of the volume is apocryphal. The work begins with a series of traditions in which Muhammad spoke of horses; then comes a rhyming poem in Ri, which was said to have been recited by an unknown person before Sultan Salâḥ al-Dîn (Saladin) Yoûsof ibn Aiyoûb. In this piece, each verse of which is accompanied by a commentary, the author describes the marks and qualities of a good horse. On fol. 14 v° is the figure of a black horse, accompanied by the names of all the parts of the animal; on fol. 18, the representation of a mare and her foal; on fol. 19, the figure of a white horse which appears to be climbing a steep hill; on fol. 20, the figure of the Ḥaïzoûm (حيزوم), a hippogriff which served as a mount for the angel Gabriel. Next comes an anatomical description of the horse, accompanied by three figures, one of which is a very rudimentary and very incorrect representation of a skeleton; then, a treatise on hippiatry in verse whose rhyme is ri. Each verse is followed by a commentary. This poem contains the names of the defects and diseases of horses and instructions on training, on the treatment of diseases, on the defensive and offensive weapons of the rider, on harness and on combat. This work, several passages of which are in rhymed prose, appears to have been composed in Egypt, towards the end of the 15th century. Ms. dated 1180 A.H. (1670 A.D.). Scanning from an original document. Belongs to the documentary set: BbLevt0 A title that we read at the top of the volume is apocryphal. The work begins with a series of traditions in which Muhammad spoke of horses; then comes a rhyming poem in Ri, which was said to have been recited by an unknown person before Sultan Salâḥ al-Dîn (Saladin) Yoûsof ibn Aiyoûb. In this piece, each verse of which is accompanied by a commentary, the author describes the marks and qualities of a good horse. On fol. 14 v° is the figure of a black horse, accompanied by the names of all the parts of the animal; on fol. 18, the representation of a mare and her foal; on fol. 19, the figure of a white horse which appears to be climbing a steep hill; on fol. 20, the figure of the Ḥaïzoûm (حيزوم), a hippogriff which served as a mount for the angel Gabriel. Next comes an anatomical description of the horse, accompanied by three figures, one of which is a very rudimentary and very incorrect representation of a skeleton; then, a treatise on hippiatry in verse whose rhyme is ri. Each verse is followed by a commentary. This poem contains the names of the defects and diseases of horses and instructions on training, on the treatment of diseases, on the defensive and offensive weapons of the rider, on harness and on combat. This work, several passages of which are in rhymed prose, appears to have been composed in Egypt, towards the end of the 15th century. Ms. dated 1180 A.H. (1670 A.D.).