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Hypiatry treatise

Date
1451 - 1500
Archive
Municipal Archive of Barcelona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-AHCB-AHCB4-236-A049
Link to the online document
Description

This treatise on hipiatrics or specialized in horse diseases is written in Catalan and is a valuable testimony to the circulation of scientific knowledge throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. It is a manuscript that draws from several sources: the main one is the “Libre de la menescalia” by Manuel Dies de Calataiud, butler of Alfonso the Magnanimous. Dies’ treatise, written in Catalan, was drawn up in Italy from the best compendiums of the art of menescalia in Europe (such as the “Liber marescalcie” by the Italian Lorenzo Rusio and the “Libre de fecho de los cavallos”, an anonymous Castilian). The present text also has influences from the translation of the “Libre de la menescalia” made into Spanish by Martín Martínez de Ampiés (known as “Libro de albeytería”).