Lehigh Codex 14 Varii artis veterinariae scriptores graeci

Description This manuscript is a calligraphic copy of Veterinariae medicinae libri ii by Jean Ruel, physician of Francis I. Ruel translated Greek veterinary texts by authors such as Apsyrtus, Hierocles, Pelagonius, Theomnest, Eumelus, Anatolius, and Hippocrates into Latin and compiled them into a single work. The manuscript was likely copied from the edition printed in 1530, even though it is divided into three books rather than two as in the printed edition. It is quite a deluxe production, written in humanistic cursive script on parchment with one or more initials with botanical decorations on nearly every page. An inscription in Dutch by Joannes Helewaert, possibly the scribe, is written inside the back cover.