Afer

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Dublin Core

Title

Afer

Subject

Horses in art

Description

Image from page 260 of The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse (1905) by Ridgeway, William, Sir, 1853-1926.

Cropped image of an engraving originally from the series, Equile Ioannis Austriaci Caroli V. Imp. F., of horses drawn from the stables of Don John of Austria.

A galloping horse wearing three feathers on its head and a braided mane. Afer in latin means "African" or "of Africa." The landscape depicts an unidentifiable, non-European land inferred by the palm tree-esque plant life dotting the middle ground.

Inscriptions:
Upper right: AFER

The image has been cut so the Latin inscriptions from the original print are missing. 

Below image center four-line Latin inscription (missing): Hic celer ante alios valido quatit impete campos/ Ocior autiaculo, aut ventos equante fagetta/ Plerumq et varijs maculis distinctus, anhelo/ Est comites reliquos afsuetus vinceve cursu;

Below image lower-right corner (missing): Joan. Stra. inue./ 33


Creator

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605

Publisher

Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612 (print)
Cambridge, England : University Press (book)
Internet Archive
Flickr
Tufts University, Tisch Library
Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine

Date

1905 (book publication)
1579 (print)

Contributor

Author of The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse (1905): Ridgeway, William, Sir, 1853-1926

Format

jpeg

Language

lat

Type

image

Coverage

Dutch
Flemish
16th century

Citation

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605, “Afer,” Tufts Libraries Omeka, accessed December 27, 2024, https://omeka.library.tufts.edu/items/show/219.