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The master of game : the oldest English book on hunting /
"The Master of Game is the oldest and most important work on the chase in the English language. Based primarily on Gaston de Foix's Livre de chasse, originally composed in 1387, The Master of Game was written by Edward of Norwich at his leisure between 1406 and 1413, mostly while being hel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Foreword to the First Edition; Chapter I. The Prologue; Chapter II. Of the Hare and of her Nature; Chapter III. Of the Hart and his Nature; Chapter IV. Of the Buck and of his Nature; Chapter V. Of the Roe and of his Nature; Chapter VI. Of the Wild Boar and of his Nature; Chapter VII. Of the Wolf and of his Nature; Chapter VIII. Of the Fox and of his Nature; Chapter IX. Of the Grey (Badger) and of his Nature; Chapter X. Of the (Wild) Cat and its Nature; Chapter XI. The Otter and his Nature.
- Chapter XII. Of the Manner and Habits and Conditions of HoundsChapter XIII. Of Sicknesses of Hounds and of their Corruptions; Chapter XIV. Of Running Hounds and of their Nature; Chapter XV. Of Greyhounds and of their Nature; Chapter XVI. Of Alauntes and of their Nature; Chapter XVII. Of Spaniels and of their Nature; Chapter XVIII. Of the Mastiff and of his Nature; Chapter XIX. What Manner and Condition A Good Hunter should Have; Chapter XX. How the Kennel for the Hounds and the Couples for the Raches and the Ropes for the Lymer should be Made.
- Chapter XXI. How the Hounds should be Led Out to ScombreChapter XXII. How A Hunter's Horn should be Driven; Chapter XXIII. How A Man should Lead his Groom in Quest for to Know A Hart by his Trace; Chapter XXIV. How A Man should Know A Great Hart by the Fumes; Chapter XXV. How A Man should Know A Great Hart by the Place where he Hath Frayed his Head; Chapter XXVI. How the Ordinance should be made for the Hart Hunting by Strength and how the Hart should be Harboured; Chapter XXVII. How A Hunter should Go in Quest by the Sight.
- Chapter XXVIII. How an Hunter should Go in Quest between the Plains and the WoodChapter XXIX. How A Hunter should Go in Quest in the Coppice and the Young wood; Chapter XXX. How an Hunter should Go in Quest in Great Coverts and Strengths; Chapter XXXI. How A Hunter should Quest in Clear Spires and High Wood; Chapter XXXII. How A Goon Hunter Shall Go in Quest to Hear the Harts Bellow; Chapter XXXIII. How the Assembly that Men Call Gathering should be made Both Winter and Summer after the Guise of beyond the Sea.
- Chapter XXXIV. How the Hart should be Moved with the Lymer and Run to and Slain with StrengthChapter XXXV. How an Hunter should Seek and Find the Hare with Running Hounds and Slay her with Strength; Chapter XXXVI. Of the Ordinance and the Manner of Hunting when the King will Hunt in Forests or in Parks for the Hart with Bows and Greyhounds and Stable; Appendix; List of Some Books Consulted and Abbreviations Used in Text; Glossary; Index.