The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 162
Fig. 81.—Saddle-cloth. Sixteenth Century. Cloth of Gold, presented the most beautiful display that had ever beenseen of caparisoned horses, decorated and furnished with unprecedentedrichness (Fig. 82). Charles V., in consequence of frequent attacks of gout, was soon com-pelled to renounce riding.… … CARRIAGES AND SADDLERV. provided with a movable back ; its four uprights could be fitted with asort of canopy of canvas or leather. In 1457 the ambassadors of Ladislaus V., King of Hungary, presented toMarie of Anjou, Queen of France, a chariot which excited the admirationof the whole court and the…
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