The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 131
e Carriage-horse.—Chariots armedwith Scythes.—Vehicles of the Romans, the Gauls, and the Franks : the Carruca, thePetoritum. the Cisium, the Plaustrutn, the Bastema, the Carpentum.—Different Kinds ofSaddle-horses in the Days of Chivalry.—The Spur a distinctive Sign of Nobility : its Origin.— The… … HE horse has been described by Buffon as thenoblest conquest of man. Historians, bothsacred and profane, inform us that the con-quest dates from the most remote ages. Inthe Book of Job we have a magnificent de-scription of him. Xenophon, in his Treatiseon Horsemanship and his Instructor ofCavalry,…
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