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 138
)ail of the armour. The use of saddles seems to have lu-cu uid^nown in early times, andnever to have been introdueed among certain nations whicli, by the way,were most famous in the art of training the horse and making him service-able. The Thessalonians and the Numidians lodr on ili. l.in- buck,… … Figs. 78 and 79.—Tournament Saddles, ornamented with Paintings, taken from the Royal Armoury, Madrid.Sixteenth Century. (Communicated by M. Ach. Jubinal.) saddle or stirrups, seated firmly on the horse simply by the pressure of theknees and the calf of the legs—a position which is still that of the…
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