Turnierbuch of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria

 Salvete Omnes, 

Digital collection of Kunst Historisches Museum of Vienna, Austria made available the famous manuscript - Turnierbuch Erzherzog Ferdinands II. circa 1557. 

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enjoy this beautiful album

Valete

Grave Stele of a Boeotian horseman from Thespiae

 Salvete Omnes,

Following the comment by Mehmet about the Thespiae stele under my 2013 posting on the Ancient Greek Cavalryman I am posting the image of that Thespiae horseman (from University of Michigan Library Digital Collection) - 

the article about the Athenian cavalry in Sicily is made available on Academia by its author, Annalies Koolen.(or at Research Gate). 

Obol from Thespiae

Article on the Boeotian monuments of the fallen warriors - from Academia. 
& my old drawing from a sketchbook from 2013 

Hellene horse and rider 

horseman wearing a Boaotian helmet

Grave stele from Thespiae - warrior wearing a chlamys over cuirass holding a horse.

enjoy

Valete

Cheiron Journal - 1st issue od 2026

 Salvete Omnes,

Philips Wouwerman

a short entry - 

Hear, hear - a new issue of 2026 of the Cheiron Journal has been made available on the website. 

Free access articles - eg: 
1 - The Image of the Horse from its Origin to its Transformation in the Bronze Age of Eastern Europe / Western Asia by P. F. Kuznetsov

2- Bronze Figurines of Domestic Horses in Central Ciscaucasian Burials of the Second Quarter-Middle of the Third Millennium BC  by Alexey A. Kovalev

also on racing etc

ps
This year Grunwald 1410 battle reenactment will take place the weekend of 17th-19th July  in northeastern Poland-EU.

On Yt channel Polish reenactors group - Grupa Konna Dextrarius as the Teutonic Knights at theMalbork Castle, Poland.

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Adrian Goldsworthy & Harry Sidebottom - my 2 favorite British novelists-historians in conversation

 Salvete Omnes,

a short entry - 

happy to call out that we can watch my two most favorite British historian-novelists in conversation on Adrian Goldsworthy's podcast on Yt. 

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Yesterday I started listening to the new non-fiction book by Harry Sidebottom on the iconic figures of the ancient Rome - the gladiators and their world in 24 h.

Scuola gladiatoria in Carnuntum

* the list of gladiator types but my favorite book is this one by Konstantin Nossov (from Osprey Military Pub.), numerous illustrations by Vladimir V. Golubev. Francois Gilbert also has two books on the gladiators from the IV c.BC to VI c.AD(Elite series from OspreyM.P.), with plates by Giuseppe Rava. Roger Dunkle, Gladiators, Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome. 
There is also a non-fiction book by Tony Sullivan, The Real Gladiator. The True Story of Maximus Decimus Meridius.  Or several books on Spartacus and the Roman Servile Wars. 

eques gladiators

and the present day European reenactors from Nimes, Trier, Carnuntum etc.

eques or a mounted gladiator reenactor

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Valete

July 4 - Klushino 1610 & US 1776- 2026

 Salvete Omnes,

today is 416th anniversary of the great battle of Klushino 1610.

Toma's minis world @copyright

and glorious 250 years of USA - Vivat

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Henry Lee 

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Kazimierz Pulaski

Happy Birthday US

Valete