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Hippiatria

Title page with large woodcut of horse facing left with uplifted right foot.

Hippiatria sive Marescalia, 1532 by Laurentius Rusius

Woodcut illustration of two horses, in upper part of the page is a horse facing left with uplifted front left foot and tail, at bottom a horse facing right with all four feet on the ground.

Illustrations in Hippiatria sive Marescalia, 1532 by Laurentius Rusius

Page of Greek text with several headings and subheadings and an illustration initial letter T.

Hippiatrica by Apsyrtos, et al. 1537

Title page in Greek and Latin with a Woodcut vignette featuring a bird holding an olive branch.

Title page of Hippiatrica by Apsyrtos, et al., 1537

Early Growth

Woodcut illustration of a fetal horse attached by umbilical cord to a large complex placenta.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii, 1681

Copperplate engraved illustration of a newborn human baby lying on its back with umbilical cord attached to large placenta.

De Formato Foetu, 1626

Woodcut illustrations of two fetal horses, the upper horse still in its placenta, the lower one outside placenta but still in fetal position with umbilical cord exposed.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii, 1681

Printed title page with an image of a griffin and a handwritten inscription.

De Formato Foetu, 1626

Health Charts

Open book showing on left a disease horse chart with lines leading from different parts of the horse’s body to numbers indexed on the facing text page

“Disease Horse” from Trattato vtile, e necessario ad ogni agricoltore by Giovanni Battista Ferraro, 1673

Woodcut chart showing nude male figure facing front surrounded by disease labels linked to body parts.

“Disease Man” from Fasiculo de medicina by Johannes de Ketham,1493

Woodcut chart showing a male figure facing front with the twelve symbols of the zodiac linked over the body parts and labeled with effects.

“Zodiac Man” from Fasiculo de medicina by Johannes de Ketham, 1493

Woodcut chart showing a horse in the middle of the page with the twelve symbols of the zodiac linked to parts of the horse’s body.

“Zodiac Horse” from Obras de albeyteria by Martín Arredondo, 1704

Woodcut chart showing a man facing forward with torso and chest open to show internal organs 48 lines labeling pointing points on the body for bloodletting.

"Bloodletting Man” from Feldtbůch der Wundartzney by Hans von Gersdorff, 1528

Woodcut illustration set in the text showing a horse with cuts releasing blood from its face, neck and hip.

“Bloodletting chart” from Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Copperplate engraving showing a woman, sitting on a bench supported by another woman having her right ankle bled by a surgeon while a woman holds a candle.

“Bloodletting at the Foot” from Nuoua et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch’al diligente barbiero s’appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671

Copperplate engraving showing a man having his right arm bled by the surgeon applying the lancet and an assistant with a bowl.

“Bloodletting at the Elbow” from Nuoua et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch’al diligente barbiero s’appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671

Copperplate engraving showing a woman reclining on a bed extending her arm while a surgeon oversees others with a knife, bowl and cup.

“Bloodletting Instruction” from Nuoua et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch’al diligente barbiero s’appartiene by Cintio d'Amato, 1671

Book open showing on left a disease cow chart with lines leading from different parts of the horses body to numbers indexed on the facing text page.

“Disease Cow” from Trattato vtile, e necessario ad ogni agricoltore by Giovanni Battista Ferraro, 1673

Disease chart showing a rearing horse with a great many lines leading from different parts of the horse’s body to disease names arranged around the edge of the page.

“Disease Horse” from The Compleat Horseman by Jacques de Solleysel, 1696

Woodcut illustration set in the text showing a horse facing left with a parasitic worm infection on its hind quarters.

“Farcy, or Cutaneous Glanders” from Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Woodcut illustration set in the text showing a horse facing right with cuts releasing blood from its neck, front legs, and belly.

Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Woodcut illustration set in the text showing a horse facing right inhaling a medicated vapor from an urn.

Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Woodcut bloodletting illustration showing a horse facing right with cuts releasing blood from its face and front legs, all surrounded by text.

“Bloodletting” from Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Woodcut horse illustration showing one horse at the top of the page facing left with an infection on the back of its hind quarters and a horse in the lower portion of the page with a skin disease.

“Skin Infections” from Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Woodcut illustration showing a horse facing left with lines indicating different parts of the horse body affected by the different zodiac constellations

Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Woodcut illustration of a horse skeleton facing right with text above in Italian

Opera di Mescalzia by Filippo Scaccho da Tagliacozzo, 1591

Studying Form

Woodcut anatomical illustration of a standing horse in profile showing exposed musculature in a landscape with stars.

“Horse Muscle Figure” from Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut anatomical illustration of a man standing and facing left with right arm uplifted, showing exposed musculature, with ruined stonework in the background.

“Human Muscle Figure” from De humani corporis fabrica libri septem by Andreas Vesalius, 1543

Woodcut human figure outline arms outstretched showing the branching pattern of the circulatory system.

“Human Venous Figure” from De humani corporis fabrica libri septem by Andreas Vesalius, 1543

Copperplate engraved illustration of the nervous system of a flayed horse

“Equine Nervous System” from The Anatomy of an Horse by Andrew Snape, 1683

Copperplate engraving of a horse with letters and numbers referencing anatomical features.

Parts of the Body of a Horse from La mascalcia o sia, La medicina veterinaria ridotta ai suoi veri principj by Carlo Brugnone, 1774

Copperplate engraving of a horse’s proportions, showing three views: facing forward, facing left, facing away, with caption, “Proporzione del corpo del cavallo”.

Proportions of a Horse from La mascalcia o sia, La medicina veterinaria ridotta ai suoi veri principj by Carlo Brugnone, 1774

Copperplate engraved illustration of a horse’s proportions, showing three horses: on the far left the horse is shown from the rear, in the center the horse is facing right, on the far right the horse is shown from the front, with caption, “Direzioni de’ membri del cavallo”

La mascalcia o sia, La medicina veterinaria ridotta ai suoi veri principj by Carlo Brugnone, 1774

Woodcut illustration of a dissected horse on its back exposing muscles, arteries, and internal organs, with four horseshoes.

“Flayed Horse” from Trattato vtile, e necessario ad ogni agricoltore by Giovanni Battista Ferraro, 1673

Open book showing a woodcut of a horse skeleton parts of the body labeled with numbers indexed to text on the facing page.

“Horse Skeleton” from Trattato vtile, e necessario ad ogni agricoltore by Giovanni Battista Ferraro, 1673

Copperplate engraving of horse’s skull with cross section showing sinuses and treatment for glanders demonstrating injection of fluid into the horse’s sinus cavity just below its left eye.

A treatise upon the true seat of the glanders in horses, together with the method of cure by Étienne-Guillaume La Fosse, 1751

Woodcut anatomical illustration of a horse viewed from the front showing exposed musculature in a landscape with stars.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut anatomical illustration of a horse viewed from behind showing exposed musculature in a landscape with stars.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of the muscles and bones of a horse’s head, from the front.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of a horse’s head in profile with muscles, arteries and bones of the skull exposed.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of a horse’s hindquarters with muscles and arteries exposed

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of the dissection of a horse on its back with two human hands pulling open the abdominal cavity showing internal organs.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of the dissection of a female horse on its back with open abdominal cavity showing internal organs, especially the intestines and a placenta.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of two horse skulls, both facing forward with the brain of the horse on the right exposed, both horses bridled together decoratively.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of two horse skulls, one facing left with jawbone attached the other facing right without jawbone.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Woodcut of three sets of horse neck vertebrae, tied together decoratively with tasseled cords as though hanging.

Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

Reading Bodies

Copperplate engraved illustration of a man and a horse in profile, each facing right, with the man wearing a toga.

De Humana Physiognomonia by Giambattista della Porta, 1586

Copperplate engraved illustration showing the physics of motion of three birds, three fish, and a leaping horse, with comparisons of a squatting man, dog and monkey.

De Motu Animalium by Giovanni Borelli, 1608

Copperplate engraved illustration of five sets of horse teeth in from horses of various ages.

“The Age of a Horse by its Teeth” from The new American pocket farrier and farmer's guide

Page of text explaining how to determine a horse’s age by looking at its teeth

Ten minutes advice to every gentleman going to purchase a horse out of a dealer, jockey, or, groom’s stables by Henry Bracken, 1788

Copperplate engraved illustrations showing a man and a donkey in profile, and a man and a deer in profile.

De Humana Physiognomonia by Giambattista della Porta, 1586

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