The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 162
Fig. 8i.—Saddle-cloth. Sixteentb Centurj. Cloth of Gold, preseuted the most beautifiû display that had ever beenseen of caparisoned horses, decorated and furnished with unprecedentedrichness (Fig. 82). Charles V., in conseqiience of fréquent attacks of goût, was soon com-pelled to renounce riding.… … < c P i< 3 m I OZ-< -M CARRTAGES AXD SADDLERY. >9 providod ■vrith a movatle back ; its four uprights could be fitted wlth 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 cbariot whicli excited…
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