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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 5240-5241

1. Add MS 5240

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5240
Title:
A treatise in French about horse tack, with drawings
Scope & Content:
A treatise about horse tack, with manuscript text in French providing instruction about the appropriate manner of equipping a horse. In between the pages of text are watercolour drawings of horses and of bridles, stirrups and bits. Drawings and text are executed directly onto the pages of the ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1659
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

2. Add MS 5240-5241

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5240-5241
Title:
"Cavesson Francois ou Traicté de l’ambouchure des chevaux". A treatise about horse tack accompanied by drawings of bridles and bits
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two separate manuscripts that have been bound together: Add MS 5240 and Add MS 5241.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1659
Extent:

1 volume (158 folios)

3. Add MS 5241

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5241
Title:
Drawings of horse bridles and bits
Scope & Content:
Watercolours and pen and ink drawings of horse bridles and bits, executed directly onto the pages of the manuscript. The drawings seem to be a continuation of the drawings and text in Add MS 5240, with which Add MS 5241 is bound.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)