IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.700-706 & 7756
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Ruffo, Giordano (d c 1256), De medicina equorum
Date(s): late 13th century - mid 16th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 7 items
Name of creator(s): Ruffo | Giordano | d [1256] | farrier
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Jordanus Ruffus or Giordano Ruffo was farrier to Frederick II (1194-1250), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily, in the later 13th century.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript copies of texts by, or collated by Ruffo, plus in some cases other veterinary texts added to works by Ruffo. The texts reflect his work in veterinary medicine, primarily concerning the care and treatment of domestic animals, particularly horses. Includes 'De medicina equorum'; 'Arte de conoscere la natura dei cavalli'; 'Libro dell'infirmita dei cavalli' and 'Le medicine de' cavalli'.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin and Italian
System of arrangement:
By volume
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
In the Wellcome Library: Copy of Ruffo's work are held in Latin as part 1 of MS.531, and in Italian as part 2 of MS.788.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008