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While many of today's dog breeds can be traced back to the Middle Ages (and some even older), breeds as we know them today, carefully defined by physical appearance, did not exist in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
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Instead, dogs were classified by function.
 
 
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">For example, Dame Juliana Berners, in 1486 listed </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">14 types:</span>
 
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Grehoun,Bastard, Mengrell, Mastiff, Lemor, Spanyel, Raches, Kenettyes, Teroures, Butchers’ Houndes, Myddyng dogges, Tryndel taylles, Prikherid currys, smalle ladyes’ poppees</span>
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">‘A Treatise on Hunting in the Boke of St. Albans’, England,</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> first published in 1486.</span>
 
 
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 11pt;">In 1570, Dr. Johannes Caius presented the following classification scheme: </span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I. Hunting Dogs</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">i. Venatici Group</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">1. Leverarws or Harriers (rabbit hunting dogs)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">2. Terrarius or Terrars (Terriers varied in size color and coat type)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">3. Sanguinarius or Bloodhounds (more size/coat variance than modern dogs)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">4. Agaseus or Gazehounds (greyhound like dogs)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">5. Leporanus or Grehounds (more size/coat variance than modern dogs)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">6. Loranus or Lyemmer (another type of scent hound or Bloodhound)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">7. Vertigus or Tumbler (may be a turn spit)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">8. Cams Furax or Stealer (sometimes believed to be a poaching dog)</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">ii. Aucupatorii</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">1. Index or Setter (more size/coat variance than modern dogs)</span>
 
'''* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">2. Aquaticus or Spaniell (more size/coat variance than modern dogs)</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">II. Spaniel Gentle or Comforter (Lap dogs)</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">III. Farm Dogs</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">i. Canis Pastoalis or Shepherd’s Dogge (herding types)</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">ii. Mastive or Bandogge,</span>
 
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">called Canis Villacus or Carbenarius (more size/coat variance than modern dogs)</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">IV. Mongrels</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">i. Admonitor or Wapp</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">ii. Vernepator or Turnespet</span>
 
''' <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">iii. Saltator or Dauncer</span>
 
 
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px;">‘De Canibus Britannieus’ Dr Johannes Caius, England, Latin 1570, (‘Of English dogges’) English 1576</span>
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">(comments in parenthesis from paper "Introduction to Dogs in Our Period" by </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Pavla de la Satu Mare (Paula Brewer) found in the files of the Volkshund Yahoo! group)</span>
 
 
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Pavla de la Satu Mare has organized modern breeds with medieval origins thusly:</span>
 
* <span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Hounds/ Hunting - Afghan Hound, Beagles, Bloodhound, Borzoi, Bulldog, Coonhound, Elkhound, Foxhound, Greyhound, Harrier, Irish Wolfhound, Ibizan </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Hound, Otterhound, Pharaoh Hound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Vizsla, Whippet.</span></span>
 
* <span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Terriers- Cairn Terrier, Irish Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Skye Terrier, Standard Dachshund, </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">West Highland White Terrier.</span></span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Spaniels, Setters and Water Dogs - </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Clumber Spaniel, Cocker </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Spaniel, English Setter, Field Spaniel, Gordon Setter, Poodle, Springer Spaniel.</span></span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Comforters or lap dogs - </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Bichon Frise, Italian Greyhounds, Japanese Spaniel, Lhasa Apso, Maltese, Miniature Dachshund, Papillion, </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Pug, Shih-Tsu, Toy Spaniel.</span></span>
 
* <span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Herding/ protection/ working - Anatolian, Boxer, Chow Chow, Collie, Corgi, Doberman, German Shepherd, Great </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Dane, Mastiff, Old English Sheepdog, Pyrenees </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Mountain Dog, Rottweiler, </span>}}{{<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">St. Bernard, Samoyed, Schnauzer.</span></span>
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5;">Mutt or mongrel.</span>
 
 
 
 
 
"The Dog in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Body types, uses and accoutrements", by THL Peryn Rose Whytehorse, Meridies -[[https://studioloperyn.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/dogs20140719.pdf]]
 

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