LAYOUT AND DESIGN
Hic fa&as seruabis equas tenerosq· caballos
Here you will attend to the brood mares and to
their foals
The House of Foaling Mares (fig. 487) is identical in plan
to that for Cows and Cowherds. In all likelihood it was
meant to be the same size. The narrowing of the parchment
at the southwestern corner of the Plan, where this building
is located, probably forced the copyist to contract the plan
for this house. The room that contains the hearth is designated
"the horsemen's living room" (domus equaritiae:
"the hall of the stables where horses are bred"[637]
); aisles
and lean-to's that accommodate the horses are designated
"stables" (stabula); the cubicles at their end, as "bedrooms
for the attendants" (cubit custodum).