MINIATURIST, Italian
(active 1450-1511 in Veneto)

Bonifacio di Calabria: Mascalcia

1450-1500
Manuscript (It. 464)
Biblioteca Estense, Modena

The manuscript contains a treatise concerning horses, their illnesses and the cures for them, and is one of the earliest works on this subject. It is illustrated by 15 drawings of horses and grooms. 92 drawings of bits and harnesses of various types are added in the last part of the codex.

The picture shows the illustration on folio 52.