British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 220
le in England in the true RICHARD II., 1377-1399 135 sense of the word. Anne of Bohemia is credited withhaving introduced the side-saddle into England, but thereis abundant evidence to show that this is incorrect. It isprobable that she merely brought in an improvement uponthe existing saddle,… … Fio. 163.—Two serving men of the period. Taken from Add. MSS. 12,228, fol. 310. ment for ordinary riding is shown in Fig. 161, taken froma manuscript of the fourteenth century. Examples of ladiesriding side-saddle may be found in the British Museumand other manuscripts as far back as the early…
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