The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 148
iery animal trained forwar, and obedient to the master who has trained him. Xenophon, in his Treatise on Horsemanship and his Instructor ofCavalry, and Diodorusin his Histories, are among the Greeks who adducethe most numerous testimonies to the honour in which equestrian exerciseswere held. Among… … CARRIAGES AND SADDLERY chariot races, ^liich took place at tlie solemn games in Greece, have alwayslieen justly celebrated ; as were those which continued in Rome and in allthe ffreat cities of the Roman world until the fifth or sixth century. We are disposed to believe that the use of the…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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