Salvete Omnes,
a short entry but the study is enjoyable and well researched -
a Master thesis by Stephanie Baldwin - Bit by Bit: an Iconographic Study of horses in the reliefs of Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883-859B) - Univeristy od Stellenbosch.
The study can be had from the author's Academia page .
Enjoy
Salvete Omnes,
Cheiron Journal Yt channel had their presentations and discussion on the ancient (Bronze Age - New Kingdom ) Egypt and their horse training and their chariotry.
During this session Lonneke Delpeut introduced the image of horse desensitizing from the Ramses/Ramasses III temple of Medinet Habu.
Later this University of Vienna scholar made available her own article on the relief and its implication- Academia.edu.
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The later part of the presentation dr Delpuet showed the discovered and reconstructed horse stables at the Ramses/Ramesses II's capital city of Pi-Ramesses(Qantir, Egypt). Interesting aspect of the stable construction was the creation and use of horse urine containers, presumably once collected the urine was applied in the leather tanneries process ( urine still can be used for tanning processes today). The stables had access to the river, allowing for washing and watering. Fascinating subject on many levels.
Presentation from the exhibit -The Horses of the Pharao
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the second lecturer was Miriam Bibby who presented more material on the horse training within the context of chariotry. Eg we learn the construction of the chariot horse harness from the royal depictions, as well as the names of the Ramses II's chariot horses at Kadesh - Victory-in-Thebes and Mut-is-Content.
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Salvete Omnes,
almost a decade ago I wrote this post about the Gdansk citizen and military theoretician Johann von Wallhausen.
Today just some plates from his book published by Paul Jacobi and scans available from Deutsche Fotothek.
Horse & rider training - including war horse desensitizing with fire, noise and obstacles
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Salvete Omnes,
from the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (2026) comes this article:
On Stallions and Mares: Gendering of War Horses used in Ancient Egypt. by Uros Matic & Loneke Delpeut. - so perhaps you may find this approach to horse history of interest
Article is nicely illustrated too.
enjoy
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Salvete Omnes,
The Godolphin Barb - foaled in 1724AD, died 1753.
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Salvete Omnes,
perusing the Archive world library I cam across some late 1800s/early 1900s books on the English racing horses. eg this book:The Famous horses.
It contains the description of the earliest known race horse in England in the XVII century and early XVIII century. The imports - Arabian, Turkish, Tatar and Barb stallions were raced and the best bred with local English mares.
Roger Upton, in his book Newmarket and Arabia wrote these pages -
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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
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